697. I-15 Express

I-15 Express was a so-called youth transport firm. It is a company, parents can hire to transport their children to a residential programs if they do not want to burden themselves with the emotional stress of breaking the news to their children that they will rather spend time on themselves rather than doing the hard work of parenting.

The process often starts with employees entering the room of the teenager in the middle of the night together with one of the parents telling the teenager that the teenager has to go with the employee who the teenager never have met before. Then the parent leave the house, so the employees are cleared of facing potential vitnesses who could testify against them if case of possible violence or other forms of molestation.

The companies operating within this industry has in the past been known to use various forms of mechanical restraints. The website of this firm does not state which forms of restraints or use of force the employees are allowed to use.

It must be very clear that the entire process of such a transport must be very traumatic or in clear violation of one of the first rules, parents learn their children: Never go with a stranger!

It is very clear that it could have not be fun to a teenager transported by a company like I-15 Express.

The website is gone so it seems that the world is now free from having this firm operating.

Sources:

• Factsheet of the company (Fornits Wiki)
• Definition of this type of company (Fornits Wiki)
• The Legal Industry for Kidnapping Teens (General article about the industry – Vice)
• WANT YOUR KID TO DISAPPEAR?(General article about the industry – Legal Affairs)