(Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure these are my last few questions. Probably.) Did any Federal or local government agencies take any heat for not inspecting the camps to make sure they were livable/making sure the children were being properly educated? Even private school are periodically subject to investigation.

emeralddodge:

I love when readers ask me questions. Please send as many as you want–I promise that you’ll never annoy me.

The DOJ got in trouble with pretty much everyone for not monitoring the camps better, but to be fair, the camps had done a lot to hide what was going on. There were “inspections” occasionally, but like in real life, virtually all of them were communicated ahead of time. 

The big thing is that the people in the camps were private citizens, just like people in real-life cult compounds are. The amount of neglect they could legally get away with is quite real.