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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.
Shut down in 2003 after issues with state Social Services [11] Bethel Academy Mississippi, United States: Shut down in February 2005 after state officials investigate reports of abuse, [citation needed] also known as Bethel Girls' Academy and Bethel Boys' Academy. The property is currently used by the Watermark Congregational Methodist Church.
When Diamond Ranch Academy first opened in 1999, it was a working ranch in Idaho. Students were expected to take part in a cattle drive. [11] During the first 2–6 weeks at Diamond Ranch Academy there was no educational component. Students would take part in a wilderness component to the program.
An autopsy shows that a teen's death after collapsing at a Utah boarding school, was the result of a serious infection.
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.
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.
A now-viral video shows a male pulling a gun on students at Diamond Ranch High School near Pomona on Thursday. The incident is still under investigation, and authorities have yet to identify a ...