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| The '''Rehabilitation Project Force''', or '''RPF''', is a system of work camps set up by the ] ], intended to "correct" members who had not lived up to expectations or had violated certain policies. There have been some reports of overwork and mistreatment at RPF facilities. In this program, members do physical labor tasks around Sea Org bases that do not involve |
The '''Rehabilitation Project Force''', or '''RPF''', is a system of work camps set up by the ] ], intended to "correct" members who had not lived up to expectations or had violated certain policies. There have been some reports of overwork and mistreatment at RPF facilities. In this program, members do physical labor tasks around Sea Org bases that do not involve skill. | ||
| The RPF was originally intended to last no more than a couple of months, where the assignee would learn ], if he or she already was not an auditor by the "read it, drill it, do it" method. RPF members would then co-audit each other to better themselves and make each other more ethical and productive. If married, the assignee could visit with their spouse and children once a week. | The RPF was originally intended to last no more than a couple of months, where the assignee would learn ], if he or she already was not an ] by the "read it, drill it, do it" method. RPF members would then co-audit each other to better themselves and make each other more ethical and productive. If married, the assignee could visit with their spouse and children once a week. | ||
| However, after ] began rewriting the policies of ] on the RPF, the program now can take many years. Members now must be approved by Miscavige's ] before they can co-audit, which can be arbitrarily refused. Weekly visits with spouses and children are now forbidden and members cannot originate verbal communication or visual contact with Sea Org members who are not in the RPF. There are reports of Sea Org members actually being advised by Sea Org ethics personnel to divorce their RPF'd spouses. | However, after ] began rewriting the policies of ] on the RPF, the program now can take many years. Members now must be approved by Miscavige's ] before they can co-audit, which can be arbitrarily refused. Weekly visits with spouses and children are now forbidden and members cannot originate verbal communication or visual contact with Sea Org members who are not in the RPF. There are reports of Sea Org members actually being advised by Sea Org ethics personnel to divorce their RPF'd spouses. | ||
| In its goal of changing what the Church sees as incorrect thoughts and actions through work, the RPF now bears some resemblance to the system of ] employed in ] or the ]s of the ]. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 23 January 2006
Template:ScientologySeries The Rehabilitation Project Force, or RPF, is a system of work camps set up by the Church of Scientology Sea Organization, intended to "correct" members who had not lived up to expectations or had violated certain policies. There have been some reports of overwork and mistreatment at RPF facilities. In this program, members do physical labor tasks around Sea Org bases that do not involve skill.
The RPF was originally intended to last no more than a couple of months, where the assignee would learn Scientology auditing, if he or she already was not an auditor by the "read it, drill it, do it" method. RPF members would then co-audit each other to better themselves and make each other more ethical and productive. If married, the assignee could visit with their spouse and children once a week.
However, after David Miscavige began rewriting the policies of L. Ron Hubbard on the RPF, the program now can take many years. Members now must be approved by Miscavige's Religious Technology Center before they can co-audit, which can be arbitrarily refused. Weekly visits with spouses and children are now forbidden and members cannot originate verbal communication or visual contact with Sea Org members who are not in the RPF. There are reports of Sea Org members actually being advised by Sea Org ethics personnel to divorce their RPF'd spouses.
In its goal of changing what the Church sees as incorrect thoughts and actions through work, the RPF now bears some resemblance to the system of reeducation through labor employed in China or the gulags of the Soviet Union.
See also
External links
- "SEA ORGANIZATION FLAG ORDER 3434RB" as posted to USENET in 1994
- "Brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF)", a paper by Dr. Stephen A. Kent
- "The Church of Scientology’s Rehabilitation Project Force" by the Center for Studies on New Religions