Replying to Island View

so my friends been heading down the wrong path for awhile and its kind of all climaxed together with him getting sent away to a treatment center called island view in utah after stealing his moms car and spending a couple weeks in jail. his moms been freaking out about him for awhile and finally decided to send him to this center. his mom has talked to my parents and said that these guys come and 'kidnap' you in the middle of the night and drag you to this place to try and straighten you out and kind of try and scare you shitless back to reality. has anyone ever heard of shit like this? i guess stuff like this is kept under wraps. im really missing my bud and hoping he gets to come home soon...has anyone heard about what they do at places like this?