Private, college preparatory boarding school for teenagers at the center of a class action lawsuit citing a dark undercurrent of abuse, neglect, and the use of forced labor.
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Bill intended to prevent the trauma inflicted by the use of blindfolds, zip ties, and leather straps on young people being transported to residential behavioral treatment programs by for-profit youth transport services.
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Justice Law Collaborative has filed another lawsuit against Trails Carolina/Asheville Academy citing resident abuse. Lawsuit triggers voluntary closure of both North Carolina facilities due to resident deaths.
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Investigative news feature highlights litigation and protests against Re-Creation Retreat and the horrors of the “troubled teen industry” - spurring the suspension of Re-Creation Retreat’s license.
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Arielle Domb, writer from The Guardian, shares a behind-the-protest tale of two former Re-Creation Retreat residents and the lifelong trauma that followed their stay at a ‘troubled teen’ facility in Arizona.
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JLC Attorney Kim Dougherty testifies alongside advocate Paris Hilton in efforts to dismantle egregious practices associated with the troubled teen industry.
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The complaint outlines intentional omissions and concealments which misled parents into false sense of security when entrusting the program with the safety and security of minor children.
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Trails Carolina was forced to close after the death of a 12-year-old boy. A lawsuit now claims the owners fostered an abusive environment and misled parents
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