Nude Therapy?

While perusing the news I found this odd article about a couple who ran a group home for mentally ill people. I'll let the article tell the rest of the story:

Therapist for Mentally Ill gets 30 Years

A therapist who ran a group home for the mentally ill was sentenced to 30 years in prison for enslaving its residents, forcing them to work naked and making them perform sex acts. His wife received seven years behind bars.

Arlan Kaufman, 69, and his wife, Linda, were convicted in November on charges that included health care fraud, forced labor and involuntary servitude.
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Prosecutors contended the Kaufmans controlled the lives of their residents, including deciding who could wear clothes and forcing them to masturbate, fondle each other and shave each other's genitals — activities Arlan Kaufman videotaped.

Arlan Kaufman insisted the residents' behavior was voluntary. He testified that he videotaped them so they could see themselves more objectively later when their judgment was not clouded.

Wow. What freaks. Here are more articles I found about the case:

More about the charges

Out on bond

The Defense including the charming assertion that residents were locked in isolation rooms for "only a few days", not weeks or months as the prosecution alleged.

Interesting article about how consent was an issue - patients testify that they did consent, then talk about how they had clothes taken away as punishment and felt compelled to attend a group masturbation session called "massage group".

Finally the inevitable "How we're going to reform everything so this never happens again" article.