> The RPF: $cientology's Slave Labor Camp

> In 1974, the blatant breaking of another person's will -
> "break 'em down, build 'em back up" - was implemented by
> Hubbard as an official "Church" institution: The
> Rehabilitation Project Force.

> The RPF is essentially a punitive slave-labor prison for
> $cientology staff considered to be unproductive,
> disobedient, or security risks. Inmates eat leftover food
> scraps, without utensils, after non-RPF staff finish
> eating, and are not allowed to speak to them unless first
> spoken to. They are then only to answer briefly, always
> addressing their betters as "sir." RPFers are dressed in
> uniform overalls and have to run wherever they go. Their
> quarters are the worst - often filthy and roach-infested.
> The RPF continues to this day as one of several parts of
> the "Church" of $cientology hidden from "public PCs" and
> "wogs" (outsiders).

> According to $cientology dogma, confining someone in the
> RPF is a benevolent act. RPFers are considered insane,
> loaded with "evil purposes" causing them to commit "overts"
> (harmful acts), and therefore they have many "withholds"
> (undisclosed overts). The RPF is their last chance at
> redemption.

> Some that have left $cientology after being RPFed tell of
> having to fabricate overts, writing them up to appease the
> Ethics Officer, to prove they were being rehabiliated. A
> common reason for being RPFed is the decision to leave the
> cult. According to Hubbard: "People leave because of their
> own overts and withholds. The only reason anyone has ever
> left Scientology is because people failed to find out about
> them." By this reasoning, the Jews fled Nazi Germany
> because of their hidden offenses against Hitler.

> The degree of degradation experienced in the RPF is
> difficult to comprehend. Hubbard, GOD to a believing
> $cientologist, in effect is telling you that you are
> subhuman, evil, degraded. Long periods of confinement at
> hard labor, with poor nutrition, little sleep, and no
> toilet facilities are common practice. According to former
> Hubbard aide Gerald Armstrong: "There is no way to really
> describe the RPF experience, the hopelessness, the
> humiliation, the horror. It seemed to go on forever, the
> days all identical, no time to oneself, the same blue
> boiler suits like prison garb, day after day, the same
> questions in the same endless security checks [gruelling
> interrogation sessions on a lie-detecting e-meter].
> Hubbard's purpose in creating the RPF, running it as a
> prison with assignees considered criminals, was the
> breaking of peoples' wills, the total subjugation of anyone
> he considered exhibited 'counter intention' to his goals.
> He achieved his purpose with me so well that I thanked him
> for the opportunity of doing the RPF, much like prisoners
> of war, who are broken emotionally and spiritually through
> deprivation and mind control techniques, thank their
> captors."

> From THE CODE OF A SCIENTOLOGIST by L. Ron Hubbard:

> [This hypocritical "code" helps motivate $cientology's
> fanatical opposition to psychiatry. It is an excellent
> illustration of criminals diverting attention from themselves
> with idealistic bullshit and by exposing the crimes of
> others. We are supposed to think this crusading "church" is
> above the very conduct it condemns in others.]

> 4)  "To decry and do all I can to abolish any and all
> abuses against life and mankind."

> 5)  "To expose and help abolish any and all physically
> damaging practices in the field of mental health."

> 7)  "To bring about an atmosphere of safety and security in
> the field of mental health by eradicating its abuses and
> brutality."

> 20)  "To make this world a saner better place."

> And $cientology's brutal, abusive RPF serves these
> purposes??