Exposing the Truth About the Troubled Teen Industry with Founder of Unsilenced with Meg Appelgate | Ep 20

In this episode of Rights and Remedies, I’m joined by Meg Applegate, CEO of UNSILENCED, a nonprofit dedicated to ending institutional child abuse in the so-called "troubled teen" industry.Meg shares her harrowing story of being abducted at age 15 and held in two residential facilities for over three years. She details her long journey of waking up to the abuse she experienced, and how that healing process ultimately led her to create UNSILENCED, one of the most active survivor-led organizations in this space.Together, we discuss:What the “troubled teen industry” really is - and how it hides abuseMeg’s experience of being brainwashed and the long path to “waking up”How UNSILENCED tracks abusive programs, staff, and private equity-backed operatorsThe legal strategies helping survivors seek justice - and the massive role litigation now playsHer new memoir Becoming Unsilenced and the emotional process of telling her storyThis is a powerful conversation about survivor-led advocacy, systemic change, and reclaiming your voice, even when others tried to silence it.UNSILENCED Website: unsilenced.orgBook: Becoming Unsilenced: Buy on AmazonFollow Meg on Instagram or Follow the Unsilencd Instagram PageConnect with Meg on LinkedIn