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| Predecessor | Mud Box Brigade |
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| Formation | January 1974 |
| Type | Rehabilitation program for Sea Org members[1] |
| Methods | Manual labor, study, auditing |
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The Rehabilitation Project Force, or RPF, is the Church of Scientology's program for members of its Sea Organization who have allegedly violated expectations or policies. This may include members who are deemed to have hidden evil intentions towards Scientology, members who are unproductive in their work or who produce poor-quality work.
The program includes manual labor tasks and the study of L. Ron Hubbard's works. The rehabilitation program may take more than a year to complete, and the Church has been accused of overworking and mistreating its participants.[2][3][4] Critics have characterized the RPF as a forced labor and re-indoctrination program comparable to the Soviet gulag system.
- ^ "What is the Rehabilitation Project Force?". Church of Scientology. Archived from the original on August 26, 2000.
- ^ Reitman, Janet (February 23, 2006). "Inside Scientology". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009.
- ^ Robert Vaughn Young (March 9, 1994). "Declaration in the case Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz". Retrieved February 9, 2007.
assigned Reynolds to the gulag known as the Rehabilitation Project Force where he worked at hard labor for over two years.
- ^ Pierre Collignon (2001). "Inside RPF Denmark (IV): An Offer from Scientology (convenience link, unofficial translation)". Jyllands-Posten.