Utah tried to close a teen treatment program over safety concerns. Here’s why a judge is allowing it to stay open.
Utah tried to close a teen treatment program over safety concerns. Here’s why a judge is allowing it to stay open.
A Utah judge has allowed the embattled Utah teen treatment center Maple Lake Academy to remain open as it appeals the state’s decision to shut it down.
What kind of judge signs off on a request to keep a teen treatment facility open after a girls death and the regulators saying "They haven't done enough to improve so we're revoking their license"?
The kind of judge whose finances should be closely reviewed by an investigative journalist.
A Republican judge, I assume.
Paris Hilton has become an advocate for teens who were abused at these facilities. She was abused as a teenager at a Utah facility:
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/paris-hilton-discusses-painful-traumatic-time-youth-treatment/story?id=80652146I spent 3 years of my childhood in one of these. I hope they get cancer.