Necco Center, Pedro OH

Didn’t know you could still get high and work here. Edward Russell recently started using again and still keeps his job? Hard to believe the lack of repercussions for going back to the same old ways. I won’t stand for this. It hurts my soul to see an addict being rewarded for the same old stuff

I went there years ago whenever I was younger and the staff and the employees there are the ones that made me who I am today to a better person than what I used to be I'm 25 now and when I was there I was 17 years old when I got out

Necco center

Speaking as a former resident, I was at Necco from 84 to 88. I was rescued from my abusive parents in 1980. I was in two other placements before being brought to Necco. Back then it was called the Ohio Center for youth and family development, formally known as Edgemead. Two weeks after I was brought there, the name was suddenly changed which was really confusing and upsetting to nesters who don’t like changes they’re not ready for. The sudden name change and other things that started happening raised big red flags but we couldn’t do nothing but run away or act up. This campus was pretty much out in the middle of nowhere away from town, too far to really walk if you didn’t know your way around. Long story short, things started getting some better for me toward the end of my stay as I was treated better. I was even able to see God‘s hand at work when I was given the top bunk that I so liked and still do.

The negative reviews come as a shock to me whereas other things sound kind of familiar. I didn’t know there was corruption among the staff, we teens didn’t know about it. What I do recall though is unfair treatment towards us. There were some broken arms when kids arms were cranked up their backs and twisted: this would’ve possibly been a spiral break. This can happen when kids are held faced to the wall and pressed up against the wall or even in the corner. Worse yet, CP (control position) is performed on the floor face down with the child being held by staff in a pretzel position. This is when arms can more easily be broken. The arms were cranked up kids backs and even twisted at the wrist and forearm. Two arms were broken within days of each other. Back then, they were careful to not hit or assault us in anyway nor did they cuss us out. They were rough in other ways though. I’m sorry to hear there’s been corruption among the staff. I would’ve thought there would’ve been positive changes by now, but I’m sorry to hear there’s been stuff going on that could’ve also been going on in the 80s. Now I understand why some staff stayed longer than others.