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Diamond Ranch Academy, a facility for troubled teens in Hurricane, Utah, was ordered to close after 17-year-old Taylor Goodridge's death.
Taylor Goodridge, 17, died at Diamond Ranch Academy, a boarding school for troubled teens in Utah. Former staff said she’d been sick but her complaints were ignored.
Several former students have returned to the campus and found student records, rulebooks and videotapes from the facility's CCTV system. Some of these videos were later uploaded to YouTube. [10] Bell Academy Terra Bella, California, United States: Shut down in 2003 after issues with state Social Services [11] Bethel Academy Mississippi, United ...
Diamond Ranch Academy was founded in Idaho Falls [4] in 1999 by Rob Dias and later moved to southern Utah, [5] where it occupied a 200-acre (81 ha) ranch. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It closed in August 2023 after a decision by Utah officials not to renew the school's license.
An autopsy shows that a teen's death after collapsing at a Utah boarding school, was the result of a serious infection.
Aspen Education Group is an American company that provides controversial therapeutic interventions for adolescents and young adults, including wilderness therapy programs, residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, and weight loss programs, which have been accused of torture and abuse.
Seven school districts said they do not plan to send more students to Diamond Ranch Academy in Hurricane, Utah, after Taylor Goodridge, 17, died there.
The troubled teen industry has a precursor in the drug rehabilitation program called Synanon, founded in 1958 by Charles Dederich. [11] By the late 1970s, Synanon had developed into a cult and adopted a resolution proclaiming the Synanon Religion, with Dederich as the highest spiritual authority, allowing the organization to qualify as tax-exempt under US law.