Corps indoctrination could not have happened without..........ISOLATION.
Isolated from all outside support
Isolated from friends, family, community
Isolated from other reading material, news
Isolated from other entertainment, sports, involvement
Ongoing classes, meetings and groups.....even "after-glow" meetings
Mandatory attendance for all classes, work and meals
Group bedrooms in Owens Hall had up to 18 men per room
No privacy, no closet space to speak of
No way to lock your own bedroom door (or anything else)
Gee, seems more like detention......or prison
Surprise inspections to violate privacy....(checking drawers)
The corps "training" targeted the youth in multiple ways..........we were a CAPTIVE audience.