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Provo Canyon School is a private psychiatric youth residential treatment center in Utah, owned by Universal Health Services. It has faced multiple lawsuits and accusations of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of its residents, as well as media attention from Paris Hilton and Kat Von D.
- Early Days
- ‘The Worst of The Worst’
- Continued Allegations of Abuse
- ‘Big Business’
- Breaking Their Silence
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Provo Canyon School opened its first facility for boys in 1971 and got into legal trouble just a few years later. Two teens sent there by their home state’s juvenile justice system ran away — one was from Alaska, the other from Nevada — and sought protection from the federal courts. They filed a lawsuit against the original owners, Jack Williams an...
Charter Behavioral Health Systems still owned Provo Canyon School in 1999, when Paris Hilton’s parents sent their 17-year-old daughter there after she was getting in trouble for sneaking out to go to clubs or parties. It was the last in a series of facilities her parents sent her to, she recalled in her documentary, “This is Paris.” “That was the w...
The allegations of abuse and mistreatment haven’t stopped in the two decades that UHS has owned Provo Canyon School. Six women who went there between 2003 and 2017 told The Tribune similar stories of being overmedicated, restrained and punished for minor infractions while at the girls campuses in Springville and Orem. Kayla Smith was 8 years old wh...
Provo Canyon School is far from the only treatment center to face persistent allegations of abuse and mistreatment, said Ronald Davidson, who was the director of the Mental Health Policy Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Psychiatry for 20 years until he retired in 2014. Davidson, a national expert on child welfare, co...
For some former residents, seeing a celebrity like Hilton speaking out has motivated them to also share their stories. Jen Robison, who went to Provo Canyon School in 2003, helped start a growing movement four years ago called Breaking Code Silence, an online platform where people talk about what they endured at facilities across the country. Their...
Former students of Provo Canyon School for troubled teens share their stories of physical and mental mistreatment, from isolation to restraints and medication. The school has faced multiple lawsuits, state threats and public accounts of abuse since the 1980s.
Jan 22, 2021 · The heiress and socialite shared photos of herself after she claimed to have suffered verbal, emotional and physical abuse at the Utah boarding school. She led a protest against the school and called for its closure in 2020.
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Provo Canyon School offers accredited and licensed programs for youth between 12 and 18 with various mental health and behavioral issues. The programs are tailored to individual needs and provide therapeutic, academic and life-skills support in a positive and compassionate environment.
Oct 12, 2022 · Paris Hilton claimed that she was sexually abused while attending Provo Canyon School, the Utah boarding school she previously accused of physical, psychological, and emotional abuse.
Feb 12, 2021 · Former students, including Paris Hilton, have accused the residential youth treatment center of physical and mental abuse. A bill sponsored by a Utah senator aims to increase transparency and oversight at the facility and others like it.
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