faq videos
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Video answers to all our FAQs: (watch the Playlist)
Or find your specific answer in the videos below:
General
- Why do you consider The Other Side Academy a school?
- How does The Other Side Academy compare to a typical rehab center?
- In simplest form, what is the concept behind the program?
- Does The Other Side Academy provide Detox Services?
- Is The Other Side Academy a Recovery Residence?
- What makes The Other Side Academy different from reeducation facilities in the past?
- How does the success rate at at a reeducation facility compare to prison success rates?
- Can someone come and see the program in action?
- What is the plan if this is successful in Utah?
- Why is this a worthy cause for donors?
- Why isn’t the current rehab system working?
- What is the definition of success?
- Haven’t these people burned their bridges enough already?
Getting Admitted
- What is the typical education level of people when they arrive?
- How much does it cost to become a student?
- Is it only for prisoners?
- Who do I talk to if I have a desire to become a student?
- Who from the state decides if a prisoner can become a student?
- What if I have a friend or loved one I’d like to advocate for?
- What are you looking for in a prospective student?
- What happens in an interview with a prospective student?
Program Life
- What skills will students learn before they leave?
- What does daily life look like for our Students?
- What happens at the Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior stages?
- What happens in the Senior Workout Phase?
- What is life like after graduation?
- What will get you kicked out of The Other Side Academy?
- What are the core rules once you’ve been admitted?
- What are the living arrangements like initially?
- What kind of communication skills do they learn?
- Who manages who?
- Who’s in charge?
- What are the grooming standards?
- What do you do with lazy people?
- Why are there no guards?
- Why don’t you give second chances on violence?
- Why are there few drug tests at The Other Side Academy?
- Are there racial tensions?
- What are the dating policies?
- What do you do about religious divisions?
- What happens when someone gets kicked out and wants to return?
- What is the process for asking people to leave?
- Can the students leave the campus without permission?
- What kind of friends do you make there?
- Why do people stay after their thirty months are up?