Pin down : one girl's harrowing and disturbing tale of institutionalised abuse / Teresa Cooper.

"Teresa Coopers story is heartbreaking from the outset. The child of a mentally ill mother and alcoholic father, she was thrust into care while still a baby. Things would only get worse. After a childhood spent in a variety of homes, at the age of thirteen Teresa was sent to Kendall house in Kent. It was inside these prison walls that her wors nightmares began. Within twenty-four hours, Teresa found herself subjected to the notorious Pin Down# regime, during which she was injected with dangerously high doses of psychotropic drugs and confined to the detention room if she put up a struggle. It was not long after that the sexual abuse began. After suffering years of torture, drugging and rape, Teresa finally looked forward to leaving the home. Unbelievably, her ordeal was far from over. This is the story of a young girl abused in every way imaginable, and of how that young girl fought back to become the survivor she is today."--Provided by publisher.