article_snippet.sent: it features a number of allegations about how members are threatened and tortured in prison-style camps and cut off from members family if members decide to leave Scientology.
article_snippet.sent: The claims included interviews with former senior members and officials who made explosive claims about punishments endured by members and how followers have been manipulated.
article_snippet.sent: These included descriptions of a 'prison camp', revealed by former member
article_snippet.sent: People put into this camp are forced to do around 30 hours of hard labour, broken up by three hour rest breaks.
article_snippet.sent: Sylvia 'Spanky' Taylor was once the point of contact between the Church and Travolta and said Travolta was sent to this 'prison camp', known as the Rehabilitation Project Force which, Travolta claims, is where members are 'reindoctrinated.'
article_snippet.sent: As well as the claims about Travolta, former senior members of the faith told documentary makers about the various forms of punishment meted out by leaders.
article_snippet.sent: Another form of punishment involved members of the highest ranking order within the Scientology church, Sea Org, whose members are said to be punished by being thrown in 'The Hole'.
article_snippet.sent: As well as beatings in 'The Hole', As well as beatings in 'The Hole' are allegedly also subjected to demeaning tasks including mopping up the floor with As well as beatings in 'The Hole' tongue to force As well as beatings in 'The Hole' to confess As well as beatings in 'The Hole' crimes against the Church.