thrust into state care at 6 months of age because of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother teresa cooper spent an unsettled childhood in a variety of childrens homes at age 13 she was sent to kendall house in gravesend kent a home which soon became her prison and worst nightmare teresa found herself a victim of a terrible regime she was injected with dangerously high doses of drugs and sexually abused as a result of this cruel and vicious treatmentaccompanied by punishments such as 163 days spent in solitary confinementit was not long before teresa began to harm herself and even attempt to take her life after three years of hell teresa thought her nightmare was over but another was about to begin teresa survived however and today she works to fight against a corrupt social care system she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents