Patients at the Recovery Connections Community rehabilitation center thought they were enrolling in a proper residential drug recovery program nestled high in the Appalachian mountains.
Recovery Connections Community is spread across three locations, and many people are sent there for treatment as an alternative to prison, Reveal reported.
Now, they've filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of North Carolina, naming Recovery Connections Community and a number of local businesses, where patients say they were forced to work as contracted, low-cost laborers, as defendants.
An investigation from the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal found in May that Recovery Connections Community would allegedly force its residents into working long, unpaid days at retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and fast-food restaurants in exchange for "free" treatment.
"Recovery Connections engaged in deceptive acts by advertising and holding itself out to the public as a substance abuse recovery support service provider when, in fact, its primary function was to carry on a for-profit business by staffing adult care homes and other enterprises," the lawsuit, which seeks certified class action litigation for unpaid wages and overtime, alleges.
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