Pathways half way house Rochester, MN

Alright, here's what to expect if you are unfortunate enough to end up in Pathways. First off they search all your personal belongings which isn't unusual only in my case they did it while I wasn't present to watch. Oh well, no big deal, I had nothing to hide anyway. No cell phones allowed, no cell phone chargers allowed. While I was there a guy got caught with a cell phone charger and was immediately discharged, no phone, just a charger. First 72 hours you're confined to the house and that's pretty standard, no TV until 4:30 or so, can't remember the exact time. All the beds are on the second and third floors and you can't be anywhere upstairs after 9am which is when they do their ongoing searches of your personal belongings and check that you've made your bed and your area is neatly arranged. They have a little handout outlining the house rules but they are loosely written and you become aware of them by violation. You know how most of the time you just kinda skim over the rules so you have an idea of what's expected and let it go at that? Don't do that at Pathways; study the rules, abide by them to the extreme and don't be shocked when they come up with new interpretations of the rules everyday just to play with your head. If you end up there you'll see what I mean, the place is a real mind fuck. The humiliating part is the staff. The staff consists of a bunch of low level part timers who's other jobs are like shelf stockers at K-mart or burger flippers at some fast food place. These kids are the ones enforcing the rules and handing out warnings for violations, don't forget to take your hat off when you walk in the house or you'll have some dorky punk ass kid reprimand you for having it on in the house. Better to take it off before you walk in. They have rules there that defy any semblance of logic and the kids to enforce them too. I'll have more stuff on Pathways later, right now I gotta go, stay tuned.