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Utah inspectors find no problems in ‘troubled-teen’ facilities 98% of the time Jessica Miller © Isaac Hale, Special to The Tribune (Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) Utah licensors rarely find problems when they inspect Utah "troubled-teen" programs. But New Beginnings Behavioral Health, pictured here in West Jordan on Friday, March 5, 2021, had significantly more noncompliance marks than the others. The 11-bed facility accounted for 14% of all noncompliant findings in a five-year period, averaging 15 deficiencies per checklist. Changes are coming to the way Utah reg...

/ Salt Lake Tribune Utah licensors rarely find problems when they inspect Utah "troubled-teen" programs. But New Beginnings Behavioral Health, pictured here in West Jordan on Friday, March 5, 2021, had significantly more noncompliance marks than the others. The 11-bed facility accounted for 14% of all noncompliant findings in a five-year period, averaging 15 deficiencies per checklist. Critics question whether Utah’s oversight is sufficient to keep kids safe. Changes are coming to the way Utah regulates “troubled-teen” treatment centers, spurred by scores of former residents who have sh...

SB228 sponsor Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, describes his proposal as a “free speech bill” that would help hold operators of social media platforms responsible, and legally liable, for unfairly applying moderation rules stipulated in the terms of use agreements. These are the contracts that, though rarely read, are required of all users of free social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others. The bill chews at the edges of issues that have riled some federal lawmakers, including Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, that include allegations that social...

"This bill protects thousands of youth in residential care from cruel punishments, strip-searches, and seclusion, bans the use of chemical restraint and peer restraint, ensures youth have unmonitored communication with their families, prohibits gender-based discrimination, creates suicide prevention policies, and more," Hilton wrote in her Instagram post. Hilton shared footage of her testimony, during which she recounted the mistreatment she says she and other students experienced. "So much of the abuse and trauma I experienced at Provo would now be illegal under this new law," Hilton said....

Paris Hilton Is 'Proud' Reform Bill Passes After Her Emotional Testimony of Utah School's Abuse People 3/3/2021 © Provided by People Kevin Ostajewski Paris Hilton testifying in Utah court last month Paris Hilton is celebrating the passing of a bill she testified on behalf of last month.  Hilton, 39, appeared in a Utah court on Feb. 8 to give testimony against Provo Canyon School — the school whose staff members she has accused of inflicting emotional, physical and psychological abuse on her during her stay as a teenager. She was one of three people who testified at the hearing in supp...