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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.
An autopsy shows that a teen's death after collapsing at a Utah boarding school, was the result of a serious infection.
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.
Shut down in 2003 after issues with state Social Services [12] 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.
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.