>The founder sounds like a psychopath who was enamored with 1940's utopian literature based on the idea of shaping all behavior through direct reward and punishment.

Other than being up front with their intentions this isn't exactly that far from the typical ivory tower authoritarianism that runs rampant among the various taxpayer funded and subsidized programs that aim to "help" the poor, disabled, and otherwise unfortunate in the state where this facility is located.

Source: immediate family members in industry, but not close enough to retiring that I'm willing to be more specific than that.