More states sever ties with for-profit Sequel Youth and Family Services after reports of abuse Ohio recently announced it was forcing Sequel Pomegranate to relinquish its license to operate its residential treatment facility. Author: Bennett Haeberle Updated: 6:04 PM EST December 17, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio announced in recent days that it was forcing Sequel Pomegranate to relinquish its license to operate its residential treatment facility. The move came 18 months after 10 Investigates first exposed a pattern of violence and abuse that left children ages 12 to 17 injured while in the facility’s care. Now more states like Michigan, Oregon, Washington and California have either shuttered facilities tied to the parent company, Sequel Youth and Family Services, or are ending their business relationships in wake of concern about improper restraints, violence – and in some cases like Alabama – poor living conditions.