Sadly, many times others would blame the victims in these sorts of facilities rather than believe and help them. Abuse is condoned and perpetrated in all sorts of areas where there is an appointed authority against the weak. Read child rearing and you will find many md's and phd's who condone abusing children by hitting them, force feeding them, locking them up etc under the guise of it being for the victim's own good. The same is true of ministers, social workers etc - tough love sorts of crap. And people want to believe them and do all sorts of torture to others on that basis.