The Roster
Battle scars, not business cards.
Survivor
Placed at Havenwyck Hospital at 12, in a room with a 17-year-old patient. He describes three months of abuse the hospital did not stop.
Survivor
Removed from her grandmother’s home. Foster care collapsed her mental health; she ran and was sent to Vista Maria.
Survivor
Removed from home at 13 because of her parents’ addiction. Placed in a juvenile facility instead of foster care and treated like an offender.
Survivor
Vista Maria survivor. Speaking to a pattern of abuse by male staff — and how the facility tried to bury it.
Survivor
Pregnant by a Vista Maria staff member at 15. The facility covered it up and dumped her at her grandmother’s while she was still in their custody.
Survivor
Taken from her grandmother and held at Vista Maria for three years. Now a medical professional who built the life the system said she wouldn't.
Survivor
Left an abusive home for a place that promised safety. Vista Maria gave her assault and sedation instead.
Survivor
Vista Maria survivor. Escaping institutional betrayal and finding her voice after the system failed her.
Survivor
Told she'd be at Vista Maria for a week. Ran every chance she got. Days became months.
Survivor
Foster care to Vista Maria — abuse, a silent caseworker, and an institution that felt like a prison.
Survivor
Hospital bed at 11, then Vista Maria until 18. Instant ramen, lost friends, and surviving the system.
Momma Ali
Muhammad Ali's former wife. Rare, unfiltered hour-plus on the early years, the name, and life beside the champ.
Survivor
Vista Maria survivor. Drawing a hard line when the system demanded more than she would give.
Survivor
Vista Maria survivor. Misdiagnosis, abuse, and surviving a system that failed her.
Survivor
Survivor placed as a child at Vista Maria in Dearborn Heights. Speaking as an adult.
Survivor
Survivor. How coercion, fear, and control actually worked in custody.
Survivor
Survivor. Punishment as control, not discipline — what triggered it and who carried it out.
Survivor
Survivor. Sold a refuge; this conversation is what happened behind that promise.
Debut guest
First guest. Sat down for the debut episode with no script and no idea where the hour was going.
