63 Days. In the 80’s, "boot camps" for troubled teens became the new treatment dejour for parents at their wits end. However, after numerous allegations of severe abuse, untrained staff and several deaths, these camps came under much scrutiny. Steve Cartisano ran the most notorious of these camps, called Challenger Foundation. Alli was 15 when she was kidnapped from her bed and taken to Challenger. 63 Days is the story-in-progress about her brutal experiences there, her subsequent escape and the aftermath.

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