What’s NOT sad is that someone as famous as Paris F*ck*ng Hilton has decided to endure the pain and relive the trauma that comes along with verbalizing (*and filming) your past abuse experience(s), in an effort to shed light on the abuse ranging from what’s been described above- to many other types of other more severe verbal, emotional/psychological and physical abuse. Teenagers/teens are CHILDREN! Shout out Paris Hilton for choosing to do what is no doubt painful for you in an effort to save other CHILDREN from having to suffer similar experiences to those you were faced with as a child. In doing so you are also saving them from the devastating life long effects of experiencing such childhood trauma as well.
This just showed up on my feed. If it had showed up before I wouldn’t have clicked either because I didn’t even know what provo was before Paris. Paris has helped to bring awareness.
@@reneehoward8936 to do what? They sold the school, the people who own it now weren't in charge when Paris was there. Have u ever seen the documentary kidnapped for christ? Sadly some boarding schools abuse the students, i read about one school that would tie used tampons to students hair/face as punishment
@Phillip Galloway if you don’t feel remorse or empathy, i think u should probably go to see a doctor because u might be a sociopath or psychopath, but then again that’s just my opinion.🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
To everyone who watches this: I'm Jen, the girl in the video. I would like to make clear that this was video one in a five-part series, and this is not the whole story at all. I was so young here and so fresh out of the program that I still had very little grasp of what happened and still beleived the things they'd trained me to beleive. I am currently working on a project to fully tell the story about kids in the "troubled teen" industry. After this video, I had explained times that I was dragged, left in Observation (isolation) for hours and days at a time, held down and forcibly shot up with without my parents knowledge, etc. I was rebellious but peaceful. I tried to run away. I never lashed out. At times I hurt myself or slept on the floor. That was my only way of protest. I was there two different times. First time around I was not treated as badly because I behaved very well. The second time I rebelled and ran away, and because I was a problem for them they did their worst. Anyone who was there with me knows that this is real. And no matter the reason ANY child gets sent away, they don't deserve to be harmed. Especially not by people claiming to help, and who make a profit off those kids. I went on to work with children and the differently abled. I am an artist, mom, and fortunately a very healthy person. Not because of PCS, but because I refused to let experiences like these sink me. It took years to do that. You will be seeing more for me on this topic! But, mainly, I just wanted to tell you all that this is not my whole story. Thank you. And Thanks for all of your support. Update 2022: I've done a TON more work on this since this comment! You can find some content on my channel (including my whole story) and reflected in the #breakingcodesilence movement (as well as my website www.youthindisorder.com !). So much has changed and its amazing to see! Thank you thank you all of you caring and speaking up!
Hi Jen, I remember you, we were roommates a few times on Unit 3. Your first time around that is. I remember when you came in, they shaved your head and made you wear those awful sweats, it was heartbreaking. I can vouch that everything you're saying it true. I'm so sorry you were sent back. I had absolutely terrifying nightmares just about every night that I had been sent back. They only stopped once I turned 18. The thought of it still gives me chills. My experience was maybe a little different than a lot of people, I made it out pretty quickly by playing their game but I can't say I came out unscathed. I'm so happy to hear you're doing well now. I would love to see part 2 and beyond of this video. -"Kaye"
I went to Provo Canyon, and am wanting to find other survivors so that we together can get this place shut down. They still continue to abuse kids! this must end!
I hated it. Investment was horrible. This place broke me! A man named Richard ( he ran investment) was the worst But another man named vili bashed my head into a wall
Parents who still send their children and teens here after hearing these stories coming out, just remember your children decide what care home or facility you will go to later and then karma will catch your butt.
I was a patient there from 1990-1991. I was there for 18 months. It was the WORST experience of my life to date!!! I was 14/15 at the time. I suggest stepping up and being the parent your son needs. My daughters are good girls who stay home and have their friends over to my house. They mind me and respect me because I parent them. Parenting is a hard job. My parents sucked at it. I was alone a lot and had too much time on my hands. YOU can change this. If you love your son, don't send him!!!!
I was also a resident in PCS. Horrible. I had my head bashed into a wall by a staff member named Vili. I told my mother and PCs said they would do a investigation. Yeah rite. Needless to say they said it didn’t happen. I’ll take a lie detector test a million times over. That place broke me as a human.
We all remember the "quiet room(s)." Shit goes down in Provo, and staff take extreme liberties with the students. As much abuse as I have suffered in my short life, Provo was extremely traumatic, and I still have nightmares about it. People screaming and crying constantly, those moments when they put small children in the "quiet room(s)" for hours on end for crying, all the while talking down on them, and then forcibly give them shots to MAKE them stop crying. But that was in no way the worst of it. There are things that went on in that place that I can't even describe without crying. Provo strips you of your dignity. I agree with the idea that it is a prison. They tell you that it isn't a form of punishment. But that is in no way true. Children are treated like criminals. Their crime? Asking for help.
Aiden Jackson I went there as well from 00-01 and it was horrific. I was raped by a staff member and suffered many other things. PCS’s solution to a patients insubordination or emotional outburst was usually a shot of Haladol in the ass and then being thrown in A white bricked room called OBS or observation. That or being told to sit in a chair and to stare at a wall while being neglected and ostracizing them for long periods of time while we were told initially to think about what we did wrong. Many times this was for absurd reasons. I suffered from anorexia when I first arrived and the entire 8 months I was there I had to eat double portions for every meal, while being on tray watch.They sat with me and would force me to eat and finish every morsel on my plate until I was done, otherwise I had to sit there until I could finish. I was essentially eating six full meals a day. I went from being 92 pounds to156 by the time I left. I also dealt with cutting issues, and which resulted in body checks. Which I can very much understand being monitored, but sadly had things done to me that were in no way for the betterment of my well being. I find it extremely offensive that you’re implicating THIS MANY people are lying about their encounters, just because you may have had a complete different or positive experience there. However, based on your overtly discriminative attitude and choice of words, I don’t know why I should even expect you to understand or care.
I spent four months at Provo in 2008. Thankfully my insurance ran out and I was able to leave so soon. There were days where I literally thought I'd died and was in hell. It was so terrible, possibly the worst time of my life.
I wish I knew what went on! I keep trying to see what’s all going on besides physical abuse and emotional which is horrific. But full stories. I hope victims speak out!
I'm so happy Paris is speaking out. I'm still traumatized from my experience at PCS. I was a quiet kid so was able to mostly stay out of 'trouble' myself, but I witnessed a ton of physical abuse, and went through lots of psychological abuse at that school. I hope it gets shutdown.
I worked at a school for troubled youth in Jackson Hole Wyoming, very similar to the Provo Canyon school. Except we didn't abuse the children! I wanted to move back to Vivian Park in Provo Canyon so I looked into the Provo School. I spoke with former ( Inmates ) students as we former staff. Each and everyone of them spoke of abuse and hardships for the kids. Each and everyone of them told me I wouldn't be happy working there! When Paris spoke up, it was an awesome act of courage. She spoke of a great many things I was told about by both former students and former staff! I'm not here because of Paris, I'm here to show my support for this courageous young lady speaking and sharing her heartfelt truth. Namaste 🕉️, Bless the beast and the children ☮️
So this was 11yrs ago video. Nobody listened to her back then. Thanks to Paris for being voice for so many abused students\kids. I have so much respect for her. Well, I hope she is doing well now. God bless her and Paris and all other students who were abused mentally, physically and emotionally. May all the criminals abusers get jail sentenced.
I was at PCS for 8 months in my late teens. I am now in my mid 20's and i still deal with emotional issues caused by being locked up in provo. I am 25 years old and i STILL have problems trusting my family after being sent to this place at age 17. If you care about your children and your relationship with them, DO NOT SEND YOUR KID TO PROVO CANYON SCHOOL. THEY WILL BE SCARED FOR LIFE!
I am so so sorry you experienced this trauma. No one deserves this kind of treatment, especially a child, someone to be protected. I hope you are getting help and are relearning how to trust again.
I was there for 77-79 I’m 56 now. Those were the years Williams was really brutal and the polygraph/censured Mail/physical abuse had Provo Canyon in federal court! We enjoyed 3 weeks isolated at Lake Powell camping during the trials. Any one else from that period?
I’m here because I was there at the boys facility I’m 2016-2018. The shit I went through would blow your mind. I’m 22 soon to be 23. I live a great life but traumatized forever.
I went to PCS and was the ONLY kid to ever be kicked out….. I beat the system… It was funny as hell….I was there for 3 months.. Getting kicked out is no easy task….. That place is horrible...
I was there for 7 months from Feb-Aug of 2010. Within the first month I was there, I got a haldol shot and went into a neuroleptic shock. I barely remember getting in the ambulance to the hospital in provo. Apparently they couldn't treat me, so I got life flighted to salt lake. I was already taking depakote for epilepsy, and they took me right off, so starting hallucinating when I got back to provo canyon. So they drove me back to salt lake hospital. Was there for about another week. Glad my mom came up from San Diego to stay there with me for a few nights. There's this one staff named mark who tackled me to the ground just because I wouldn't take my sweater off. My therapist was a bitch who made some of the kids cry heard she got fired shortly after I left. Was seeing a therapist during high school to talk about my troubled childhood. I was raised a mormon. That's one of the reasons why my parents sent me there. Fast forward tell I've been smoking weed none stop because I've always been depressed of my past. Took lsd a few times this summer. Never taken it before. It was mostly a pleasant experiences. Stopped smoking for about a month. Started up again just a few days ago, and the memory from that place started hitting me so intense to where I was just sitting up in my bed in a panic with tears running down my face. All the way through high school I had trouble making friends. All I wanna do right now is travel outta country. I already dropped outta college, just been working construction ever since. 😞
You are a warrior I hope you can find the strength and the guidance to open you path and give you a beautiful life you deserve . And help others wake up about therapeutic teen centers and put and end to this . Thank you for sharing
Having been to both, pcs is worse than prison. In prison, there's education, counseling, and all of that, but you also get legal counsel, cigarettes, time to yourself, and you don't get the weird experimental behavior modification psc has, like making you flip a coin each time you speak to tell whether or not you are lying or tying inmates together and making one's discipline dependent on the other. You also know how long you are in for, no mystery of not getting out until you "work the program"
I knew someone who went to a place like that in the early 90s. I wasn't close with her - she was a friend of a friend, but this conversation always haunted me. We were hanging out after work and the topic of high school came up and I shared my really bad catholic school experience. Then, this acquaintance was like, "Let me tell you about this place in Utah..." and told us about the abuse she suffered. She would recount hearing kids screaming for help within the facilities in the middle of the night, which terrified everyone. Sometimes when she was asleep, she would be dragged out of her bed into a room beaten, stripped naked and locked in there for days with no food, water or bathroom and would never tell her the reason or if she did anything wrong. It was like the school staff would just pick at random a kid to do that with. When we asked her why she was at a place like that, she said her parents were going through problems and she was a teenager acting out. She said she didn't tell her parents about the abuse because the school admin says her parents will think she is lying and she would end up staying longer. I suppose this is how the school continued to get away with what they were doing. This conversation was back in 2006 and I found out that this lady has since passed away, but being that this is in the news now, I want to add my support to take down Provo Canyon and other schools like that as well.
Hi my name is Juana, I went through almost the same thing but it was in a treatment center in Texas called Devereux. Was there for a year in a half, but I know I won’t get recognized because I am not a celebrity
I am just confused at how they believe abuse, and ridicule is suppose to help a "troubled" teen become a "well behaved" citizen. We have no idea on how to help people want to better themselves in this country. It's sickening!
I hope paris sees this, this is messed up that this video has been up so long and no one has shared it or no one was aware about it. Its awful what has happened to all the students, they did not deserve what happened. Sending all the good energy to anyone who went through this school. ❤️
My hearts with you. Was there in 2007 or 2008 can’t remember. Stay strong you made it through ✊ Edit: I was about 12 or 13 when I went in, was halfway through 8th grade
Paris Hilton really exposed the truth about these group homes bless her. Tobad camera phone didn't exist 90s 00s during this time. Thank you for sharing your story much love and respect
This is hard to listen to . When I was teen I was really skinny. My older brother was bigger ( 6’4”, 300lbs ), and took out all his penned aggression from football and school out on me, literally beat me constantly. He was the football player my parents took up for and bragged about, so they did nothing to stop him. I stayed away from home on my bike and then car until early morning and then wouldn’t go to to school because I was tired from not sleeping. My dad was a judge, and had U.S. Marshals come in my room in the middle of the night, put me in a caged prisoner transport car and take me to an out of state “ re-hab “ with chronic drug abusers, alcoholic kids, etc. , and the Dr. diagnosed me with paranoia and depression ( I was getting the shit beat of me at home ), of course I’d be a nervous wreck. The Dr. there would diagnose whatever the person’s insurance would pay for, and say you’re ready to go home when the insurance ran out. So going back to the same situation, it was a repeat cycle of this FIVE times. I finally got my GED and joined the military at 17 just to get the hell out, and prove to myself I wasn’t crazy, but the middle of the night snatching me up, has severely affected me in the military with insomnia and fear of going to sleep when it was crucial that get rest to continue our missions. My parents fuckd me up bad mentally doing that shit, and it was almost like they thought it was the thing to do to label me as mentally ill because didn’t go to school, never addressing I was getting beat up, so I stayed away from home until morning and then slept through the school hours from exhaustion. The hardest thing is one time when I was a teen, my dad went to a car dealer friend’s business, and the guy asked my dad “ this isn’t the football player, this is your trouble son ?” . How in the fck would you feel as a kid knowing that your parents had said that about you to their friends? It’s like they are promoting you to become a trouble kid, or convincing you to think you’re crazy. I can identify with this %100, and yea the Army became a closer family to me than my own. It fcking suks. . .
Holy Crap, they allow phone calls now!! Heck, I didn't even get permission to send letter post for 3 months back in the 90's. This place is the most abusive place I've ever seen. Spent time standing IPs for the only crime I've ever been accused of (and did not commit)
I feel you girly... I just went there and thankfully got out. it was so abusive and I have never had a more traumatic experience I've ever had... I have PTSD now and I can't even go to Provo city for my life cause I am so terrified....
PTSD? What a joke. In the 90’s when I was there they slammed you into walls, dial 9 meant you hit every door way on the way to investment and the textured wall paper the whole way until investment? Yeah that would remove skin on your face. Then you got to investment where “tiny” would put you in the isolation room and slam you into the wall, put you in jogging shorts, a sweatshirt torn up so bad your arms and stomach were fully exposed and then open the door to the outside with it snowing outside and make you freeze. I’m not complaining I’m simply giving you the information to show what changed my mind I don’t want to be a fuck up my entire life. I’m from Cali and that place changed me, along with a few of the people I know from there. Shame you didn’t learn to be smarter.
@@epileptictrees5213 well I make an excellent salary, I own my own house, multiple cars and motorcycles, oh yeah and I don’t cry like a little bitch because I decided to stop using drugs and stop getting arrested and enjoy my life because that place changed the way I viewed things. Maybe you wouldn’t have went there if you would have stopped fucking up every other chance before they sent you there. No one would have changed without that place putting you in your place and obviously since you’re acting like you’re abused nothing will change you from being a fuck up. Keep blaming everyone else instead of looking at the common issue: you.
@@jaredweldy929 your anger issues and need to attack shows you have some suppressed emotions going on in your mind body and heart. Hope you face them. Paris hilton is bringing this place DOWN!
.. this is quite a story ..what these young people endured..when I was young..about ten my parents mostly my mom tried to get rid of me...for various reasons.. the plan was to send me to some full time military school..i I was refered to or called "the damn kid" it t never happened..I remember how it felt not being wanted.. one time my father beat me so bad I bled thru the back for a week... I would have run away but had no money or place to go..all this got better as time went on.. for what its worth I can really relate to these kids stories and their situations... I think a lot of this goes on... Thanks to Paris Hilton for exposing the Provo torture school... it is my understanding these places are inspected by the state... but they know when they are coming and clean the place up..also, the interview with Paris's mom.. she claims she didnt know what was going on...!!.. good job mom...
So many videos about this, I feel so bad I'm just finding out about this. Came here from Psychology in Seattle's review of the Paris doc. I feel so ignorant that I didn't know about this. I'm so sorry about what you went through. ANYONE, is there anyway I can help?
Did she never say um before her time at the school? If she said "you know" instead of "um", is that the same or different? She has brown hair now, is that part of her trauma?
Right, you learn more bad things in these places then in the outside world. I had never seen so much in my life… Heard so many stories… Been around so many drugs… Insane and so corrupt. I feel you girl. Stay strong
I was at PCS from 96-98 with Paris Hilton and Katarina VonDrakkenberg (Kat Von D). First, Paris did not escape. She was removed by her mother Kathy because in 3 months time there she gained 20 lbs. Her mother believed the the extra weight would ruin Paris fron success in modeling. These kids are not lying. The horrors there are true. I never got off investment. The treatment at PCS is to break your children first only to rebuild them minus their issues. I am an attorney now despite PCS.
Paris and her mother both claimed she never wanted Paris to model and in the documentary said she was there for 12 months and was out by the time she turned 18 , then she began to live her life the way she wanted to including some modeling
It's pretty bad what happens to kids in schools. I have tried to find a teacher from high school from many years ago, so I can do to him what he did to me, just to make sure he knows what sudden pain, fear and humiliation feels like.
For my case, it was partially my fault sort of my parents. But they didn't no what it was gonna be like nor did I. So I'm not mad at them at all about going there. They saw how miserable I was. I acted up almost every day I was there to the point that they kicked me out of there. I knew that it would eventually happen. I'm surprised I managed to get my Eagle in boy scouts, and graduated high school after that also.
Keep speaking up you guys! Go viral about it. Expose places like these. I have never been to one of these places, but it sounds like hell. I was a troubled teen and never went to anything like this thank God. What I needed was a clean slate so I moved with my bf at the time to another state. Isolation and feeling alone makes shit so much worse. You are all warriors for being here today!
Honestly if I could afford a lawyer to go up against this place with the PTSD trauma I gained after being there, from the screams, crying, awful frightening things I’ve heard and seen that I literally die just to think about and I’m holding tears back as I write this just because I finally feel I haven’t been alone in my thoughts about how awful this place is and how much harm it’s caused me. There are others. You guys. This place took what strength I had left in me and took it down so many levels I still can’t even get back to the state I was in before this place. :”( I hope places like this get shut down. I gained three stalkers from that place one being a registered sex offender that I have no idea how any of them found me. Guessing social media but I never felt safe. Feared I’d get kicked or punched on accident of purposely but other patients constantly standing there crying in the middle of it all and stuck there forced to take drugs and comply even though I could hardly stay awake sitting up in my chair from all their medication just so I could get out of the place! This place really left me scarred. :”(
I would love to know the owners names. I know new ownership took over, but it'd be nice to know names and who was responsible, and put it out on social media and expose the shit out of them.
@lisandy777 Shame on any parent who willingly places their child in one of these facilities. I made a point to really talk to every girl who was enrolled with me at PCS, and not =one= of them was as bad, or "at risk" as they were made out to be. Sexual abuse is prevalent in these facilities, and, sadly, death from misuse of restraints and sedatives are not unheard of. If you were worried about the mortality & chastity of your child, you made an egregious choice in sending her away.
I went to a abusive school to in '98 called Tranquility Bay in Jamaica. There is a Wikipedia about it. There are multiple abusive schools/programs. My heart goes out to everyone who was hurt also.
Wow that place sucked. Seriously. My heart goes out to anyone that went though what i went through. I think Im still the only person ever to be kicked out of there though. Spent a couple of months in a stone room to do it, however. That was pretty painful, and they never turned the lights off. Turns out, I have Autism. They never Diagnosed me. Some Proffessionals, right? Pack of thugs came and beat you up whenever you disagreed with "authority". Seriously. It was SO freaking Childish.
Insurance , Insurance, Insurance.... The better Insurance the longer and more often ....let's not forget the Aftercare. Insurance Insurance.... INSURANCE !!!!!!! $12,000 / month. Per patient. No Insurance, then you must be " Well " or just plain " Cured "
Growing up I had 3 friends get dragged off to these places. One of them was so different when she came out it seemed she was afraid of people. Another came out and spiraled until her death. Not sure what happened to the third. The stories that came out after they were eventually released were disgusting. Rampant abuse of all kinds. If you want to help your children - this isn't the way.
hi i also went here along with the same girl in this video. i was just trying to show my now husband the abuse that does go on here in us. ass a teen i aslo dabled in drugs i remember this clearly bc i was questioned and put on investmentment due to a girl named alyssa i was friends with who ran way.where i was saved on my 17th bday by my parents running out of money. this place is living nightmare. to put it in the least words possible. you are treated as less than an inamate. i remember a drug councler who by the way had never even drank alcohol telling me bc i was from Californian and not Mormon i was going to hell. not say they all did this but i remembered this later when i did build my faith in Christianity at what a crazy place this was. i look back on a number of incidents regarding provo canyon and i further regard the public to not only question the safety of its keepings but the sanity that any place like this has the power over anyones constitutional rights still remain open
What about the way they would put you on a stool and make you sit there for days and nights spraying you with near boiling or freezing water? This sounds sugarcoated.
This was part of a 5 part series I did over 10 years ago! I'd taken them all down because I was scared but someone pirated this one and kept it up. I learned so much after this video and have spoken a lot on this subject. If you look up Youth In Disorder I break down this industry a bit and tell my whole story! Thank you for caring.
I recently heard your more recent testimony . And it really struck a chord. Haveing spent 4 years in straight inc. I could identify with everybody of it. And alot I had suppressed it's really helping me to finally start putting myself back together. Thank you jenn
that place realy fucked me up too.. the things i saw ther at pcs.... i will never forget...it haunts me til i die.. those sick fucks.. im so sorry you had to experience it all too..
Hi this patty's granddaughter, i'm going to provo school tomorrow. if i get abused there or anything else happens i AM not afraid to grab one of the staffs badge and run the hell out of there. just pray to god that i survive the next three months and if not then i'm going to go to the police or my mom. hope all goes well
If you can, make a safe word with your grandma before you go so you can tell her if you need help on the phone since staff are listening. I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I would be happy to talk to you, your grandma, or parents any time. Don't give up.
My last day there I got the names & addresses of about 30 kids the staff found the paper & sent all the kids to Devo for punishment there deadly afraid of us getting together in the real world.tecknology will be their undoing..😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
This shit crazy i got my arm broke and didnt go to the hospital for three weeks the staff used too make fun of me and tell to take my sling intill they took me to the hospital and seen i needed surgery and i had to get four screws in my shoulder to keep my bones in place and had the audacity to send my grandmother the Bill i i was 14 at that time.
They lie to you and say they monitor the phone calls and then say that your parents won’t believe you because you already have a history of lying and trying to get out of things, then Of course, there’s the punishment if they find out
@@SLCtica Children are neurologically wired to heavily defend, love, and seek refuge with their parents. In fact, in abusive cases, the child is more clingy. Because its still a form of protection. Thats how parental alienation happens within a divorce with a borderline parent. So, if your a child or teen and not telling your parents whats going on. You have a toxicity or a breakdown with communication. Thats the real problem.
@@wrlSivan16 It's a horrible thing because I can't imagine children who went there being that close to their families. They would have been sent away because their parents aren't willing to connect to them or deal with it themselves. And a child will always be a product of their environment; if they're acting up, there will be reasons for it that will likely root to their childhood. Regardless, I wouldn't say family toxicity is the "real problem" (relative to the school itself) but just a part of this whole tragic situation. Also, abuse, and especially the levels of abuse at Provo really can distort your whole reality and they really could use fear to manipulate what they wanted you to think about the power you had in escaping a situation. Even just being in an abusive relationship can make you forget the entire life you had before being in that relationship, and people tend to disconnect from their families because the emotional pain of their situations takes up their whole reality. So I could imagine a situation where a child, who would usually discuss things with their parents, completely loses touch with that family connection and really loses hope of ever escaping the hell that becomes their life. Abusive situations can break reality as you know it. Especially as they won't even be seeing their parents daily anymore since Provo is a boarding school. Provo would literally become their whole lives (a life that their families have no place in anymore, especially because of the trust issues a child will have with their family after being sent there by them) and I expect the transition of being abused wouldn't have been drastically obvious, especially through the mind of a child, so that disconnection from understanding life can be happy, and the thought that they CAN escape the situation would really be destroyed. It doesn't matter if you know what can be practical in a situation. If it causes emotional pain, that pain is enough to keep you tied up and feeling helpless and believe the abusive lies your fed. It really is horrible that it will likely be parents who failed their children themselves that will send their children to these places. It's basically double the abuse. There's a clear link there, so I 100% see what your saying.
They need to close that school down !😡 iam sorry you went though that horrible stuff !! Just sooo mess up school. I apologize for their behavior i really ..!😞🙏
It’s sad that this was posted 10 years ago and it’s only getting recognition NOW, in 2020.
Well, no one was listening.. not even you
It’s ironic a place like this exists. 😡
What’s NOT sad is that someone as famous as Paris F*ck*ng Hilton has decided to endure the pain and relive the trauma that comes along with verbalizing (*and filming) your past abuse experience(s), in an effort to shed light on the abuse ranging from what’s been described above- to many other types of other more severe verbal, emotional/psychological and physical abuse.
Teenagers/teens are CHILDREN!
Shout out Paris Hilton for choosing to do what is no doubt painful for you in an effort to save other CHILDREN from having to suffer similar experiences to those you were faced with as a child. In doing so you are also saving them from the devastating life long effects of experiencing such childhood trauma as well.
@@mvhemp I don't think it was that no one was listening, I never even saw this video when it would have posted, never heard of the place.
This just showed up on my feed. If it had showed up before I wouldn’t have clicked either because I didn’t even know what provo was before Paris. Paris has helped to bring awareness.
Who's here because of paris
I'm glad she said something and now hopefully something will be done.
Me and good to see her bring up awareness has results
Vidéo is from 2009
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@@reneehoward8936 to do what? They sold the school, the people who own it now weren't in charge when Paris was there. Have u ever seen the documentary kidnapped for christ? Sadly some boarding schools abuse the students, i read about one school that would tie used tampons to students hair/face as punishment
Who is here after watching The Real Story of Paris Hilton?
@Phillip Gallowayu have no heart
It doesn’t matter.
It popped up in my recommendations
@Phillip Galloway if you don’t feel remorse or empathy, i think u should probably go to see a doctor because u might be a sociopath or psychopath, but then again that’s just my opinion.🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
To everyone who watches this: I'm Jen, the girl in the video. I would like to make clear that this was video one in a five-part series, and this is not the whole story at all. I was so young here and so fresh out of the program that I still had very little grasp of what happened and still beleived the things they'd trained me to beleive.
I am currently working on a project to fully tell the story about kids in the "troubled teen" industry. After this video, I had explained times that I was dragged, left in Observation (isolation) for hours and days at a time, held down and forcibly shot up with without my parents knowledge, etc. I was rebellious but peaceful. I tried to run away. I never lashed out. At times I hurt myself or slept on the floor. That was my only way of protest.
I was there two different times. First time around I was not treated as badly because I behaved very well. The second time I rebelled and ran away, and because I was a problem for them they did their worst. Anyone who was there with me knows that this is real. And no matter the reason ANY child gets sent away, they don't deserve to be harmed. Especially not by people claiming to help, and who make a profit off those kids.
I went on to work with children and the differently abled. I am an artist, mom, and fortunately a very healthy person. Not because of PCS, but because I refused to let experiences like these sink me. It took years to do that. You will be seeing more for me on this topic!
But, mainly, I just wanted to tell you all that this is not my whole story. Thank you. And Thanks for all of your support.
Update 2022: I've done a TON more work on this since this comment! You can find some content on my channel (including my whole story) and reflected in the #breakingcodesilence movement (as well as my website www.youthindisorder.com !). So much has changed and its amazing to see! Thank you thank you all of you caring and speaking up!
Hi Jen, I remember you, we were roommates a few times on Unit 3. Your first time around that is. I remember when you came in, they shaved your head and made you wear those awful sweats, it was heartbreaking. I can vouch that everything you're saying it true. I'm so sorry you were sent back. I had absolutely terrifying nightmares just about every night that I had been sent back. They only stopped once I turned 18. The thought of it still gives me chills. My experience was maybe a little different than a lot of people, I made it out pretty quickly by playing their game but I can't say I came out unscathed. I'm so happy to hear you're doing well now. I would love to see part 2 and beyond of this video. -"Kaye"
J Robison WHERE THE FUCK IS PART TWO
its been so long 🥺 what happened
If you want it taken taken down then private it...is this not your own video?
Candice wdub She probably forgot the password to this account.
I went to Provo Canyon, and am wanting to find other survivors so that we together can get this place shut down. They still continue to abuse kids! this must end!
what year were you???
me too 84-85. it was satanic level child abuse. Car. needs to go to hell. thank god Paris is exposing them. help spread the word
please leave paris a message to expose provo canyon school. she will be live online in 2 days czcams.com/video/wOg0TY1jG3w/video.html
Star Dust ur fucking stupid, they mentally abuse the students there are numerous victims. stop defending this bastard of a school
I hated it. Investment was horrible. This place broke me! A man named Richard ( he ran investment) was the worst But another man named vili bashed my head into a wall
Paris is making a documentary about her trauma and it’s centered around PCS. I’m crying from even the trailer.
help spread the word. I was in that hell hole. the abuse destroyed my life. I am now 50 and still suffer
dann hienn i was too. I’m 23 and have nightmares that place fucked me up far worse than almost anything else
@@HopeCasias10 we need to get all the victims together. any ideas on how? i am 50 and still suffer. 15 months 84-85
@@narcissistinjurygiver2932 what year did you attend
@@brookejacobson9049 84-85
Parents who still send their children and teens here after hearing these stories coming out, just remember your children decide what care home or facility you will go to later and then karma will catch your butt.
And that's the truth all day💯💅
@@YouHaveAPurposeStickAround is dfecgxesaadS. FZz
That has to be the punishment to any parent that does that to their child.
I was a patient there from 1990-1991. I was there for 18 months. It was the WORST experience of my life to date!!! I was 14/15 at the time. I suggest stepping up and being the parent your son needs. My daughters are good girls who stay home and have their friends over to my house. They mind me and respect me because I parent them. Parenting is a hard job. My parents sucked at it. I was alone a lot and had too much time on my hands. YOU can change this. If you love your son, don't send him!!!!
I was also a resident in PCS. Horrible. I had my head bashed into a wall by a staff member named Vili. I told my mother and PCs said they would do a investigation. Yeah rite. Needless to say they said it didn’t happen. I’ll take a lie detector test a million times over. That place broke me as a human.
@@JustJ-Me no, boys campus. Idk if he worked the girls campus at some point
we really need to address toxic parenting that leads to this!
Yes, they’re the ones who should be going to these centers or workshops at least to be corrected.
So true.
Use your brain a little, they didn't know that this would happen.
I blame all of these kids parents rich people who don't wanna do their job
Yes partly... but also- how are institutions like that even legal in the states?
There’s a much bigger problem than lazy parents here
Amen, my thought exactly
*Private Investigators & Attorneys should be hired to prosecute this place so that it pays reparations to the survivors and is then shut down!*
We all remember the "quiet room(s)." Shit goes down in Provo, and staff take extreme liberties with the students. As much abuse as I have suffered in my short life, Provo was extremely traumatic, and I still have nightmares about it. People screaming and crying constantly, those moments when they put small children in the "quiet room(s)" for hours on end for crying, all the while talking down on them, and then forcibly give them shots to MAKE them stop crying. But that was in no way the worst of it. There are things that went on in that place that I can't even describe without crying. Provo strips you of your dignity. I agree with the idea that it is a prison. They tell you that it isn't a form of punishment. But that is in no way true. Children are treated like criminals. Their crime? Asking for help.
yo. I went there and It is the worst place you can be. so I'm sorry for what I said.
this is carl alexander and that is my reply.
Aiden Jackson I went there as well from 00-01 and it was horrific. I was raped by a staff member and suffered many other things. PCS’s solution to a patients insubordination or emotional outburst was usually a shot of Haladol in the ass and then being thrown in A white bricked room called OBS or observation. That or being told to sit in a chair and to stare at a wall while being neglected and ostracizing them for long periods of time while we were told initially to think about what we did wrong. Many times this was for absurd reasons. I suffered from anorexia when I first arrived and the entire 8 months I was there I had to eat double portions for every meal, while being on tray watch.They sat with me and would force me to eat and finish every morsel on my plate until I was done, otherwise I had to sit there until I could finish. I was essentially eating six full meals a day. I went from being 92 pounds to156 by the time I left. I also dealt with cutting issues, and which resulted in body checks. Which I can very much understand being monitored, but sadly had things done to me that were in no way for the betterment of my well being. I find it extremely offensive that you’re implicating THIS MANY people are lying about their encounters, just because you may have had a complete different or positive experience there. However, based on your overtly discriminative attitude and choice of words, I don’t know why I should even expect you to understand or care.
@@amythaa support Paris Hilton. she is exposing provo canyon school. spread the news share your story. we all have to take a stand
please leave Paris hilton a message urging her to expose Provo canyon school. here is the link czcams.com/video/wOg0TY1jG3w/video.html
I spent four months at Provo in 2008. Thankfully my insurance ran out and I was able to leave so soon.
There were days where I literally thought I'd died and was in hell. It was so terrible, possibly the worst time of my life.
I know this post comes late but my thoughts and well-wishes are with you. Please don't forget us gals that still suffer with these memories.
#130 from 84-85.. we Got Paris Hilton exposing them now
I wish I knew what went on! I keep trying to see what’s all going on besides physical abuse and emotional which is horrific. But full stories. I hope victims speak out!
I'm so happy Paris is speaking out. I'm still traumatized from my experience at PCS.
I was a quiet kid so was able to mostly stay out of 'trouble' myself, but I witnessed a ton of physical abuse, and went through lots of psychological abuse at that school. I hope it gets shutdown.
@@cinnamoslut me too. i wonder what they are thinking about at pcs right now
This is absolutely horrible that THIS is how a school deals with depression. Wishing you healing and the best. ❤️
Thank you! 🤗
Anyone else here trying to get awareness from Paris?
czcams.com/video/7ON_JB4WDyM/video.html
I wanna take a short 20min drive to this place and light it up. Freethekids.
Sis I’m with u. #Freethekids
I'm down
Let’s go
I hope you mean it
I am in england but if I knew you I would join with you.
Try a bulldozer and take down the walls to make multiple exit points.
I worked at a school for troubled youth in Jackson Hole Wyoming, very similar to the Provo Canyon school. Except we didn't abuse the children!
I wanted to move back to Vivian Park in Provo Canyon so I looked into the Provo School. I spoke with former ( Inmates ) students as we former staff. Each and everyone of them spoke of abuse and hardships for the kids. Each and everyone of them told me I wouldn't be happy working there! When Paris spoke up, it was an awesome act of courage. She spoke of a great many things I was told about by both former students and former staff! I'm not here because of Paris, I'm here to show my support for this courageous young lady speaking and sharing her heartfelt truth.
Namaste 🕉️, Bless the beast and the children ☮️
So this was 11yrs ago video. Nobody listened to her back then. Thanks to Paris for being voice for so many abused students\kids. I have so much respect for her. Well, I hope she is doing well now. God bless her and Paris and all other students who were abused mentally, physically and emotionally. May all the criminals abusers get jail sentenced.
I was at PCS for 8 months in my late teens. I am now in my mid 20's and i still deal with emotional issues caused by being locked up in provo. I am 25 years old and i STILL have problems trusting my family after being sent to this place at age 17. If you care about your children and your relationship with them, DO NOT SEND YOUR KID TO PROVO CANYON SCHOOL. THEY WILL BE SCARED FOR LIFE!
I hope that all the people who are the reason that you all went there regret it now .. I feel so sad ;(
I am so so sorry you experienced this trauma. No one deserves this kind of treatment, especially a child, someone to be protected. I hope you are getting help and are relearning how to trust again.
I am so sorry for You.❤️i hope You do well. Love from the Netherlands 🙏❤️.
I was there for 77-79 I’m 56 now. Those were the years Williams was really brutal and the polygraph/censured Mail/physical abuse had Provo Canyon in federal court! We enjoyed 3 weeks isolated at Lake Powell camping during the trials. Any one else from that period?
@@steelbender525 wait it had lawsuits and it's still open ??????? Why hasn't it been completely shut !!!!!
I’m here because I was there at the boys facility I’m 2016-2018. The shit I went through would blow your mind. I’m 22 soon to be 23. I live a great life but traumatized forever.
I went to PCS and was the ONLY kid to ever be kicked out….. I beat the system… It was funny as hell….I was there for 3 months.. Getting kicked out is no easy task….. That place is horrible...
how'd you get kicked out?
You're not the only one to get kicked out.
thejaredpresley Is it true that staff would do hair dances lol
I was there for 7 months from Feb-Aug of 2010. Within the first month I was there, I got a haldol shot and went into a neuroleptic shock. I barely remember getting in the ambulance to the hospital in provo. Apparently they couldn't treat me, so I got life flighted to salt lake. I was already taking depakote for epilepsy, and they took me right off, so starting hallucinating when I got back to provo canyon. So they drove me back to salt lake hospital. Was there for about another week. Glad my mom came up from San Diego to stay there with me for a few nights. There's this one staff named mark who tackled me to the ground just because I wouldn't take my sweater off. My therapist was a bitch who made some of the kids cry heard she got fired shortly after I left. Was seeing a therapist during high school to talk about my troubled childhood. I was raised a mormon. That's one of the reasons why my parents sent me there. Fast forward tell I've been smoking weed none stop because I've always been depressed of my past. Took lsd a few times this summer. Never taken it before. It was mostly a pleasant experiences. Stopped smoking for about a month. Started up again just a few days ago, and the memory from that place started hitting me so intense to where I was just sitting up in my bed in a panic with tears running down my face. All the way through high school I had trouble making friends. All I wanna do right now is travel outta country. I already dropped outta college, just been working construction ever since. 😞
How is your life now? I really hope its better
hope you're doing well now
You are a warrior I hope you can find the strength and the guidance to open you path and give you a beautiful life you deserve . And help others wake up about therapeutic teen centers and put and end to this . Thank you for sharing
Now I've been working at California Conservation Corps. Love the work. Hoping to get a job in National Parks working on trails.
Since that post I haven't smoked weed at all.
Having been to both, pcs is worse than prison. In prison, there's education, counseling, and all of that, but you also get legal counsel, cigarettes, time to yourself, and you don't get the weird experimental behavior modification psc has, like making you flip a coin each time you speak to tell whether or not you are lying or tying inmates together and making one's discipline dependent on the other. You also know how long you are in for, no mystery of not getting out until you "work the program"
What you are describing is conditioning 😭 extreme abuse :(
It literally sounds like a cult. Same with the camps in Utah
I know more than one person who went to prison and say the same, PCS was worse. I'm so sorry you went through it too!
I knew someone who went to a place like that in the early 90s. I wasn't close with her - she was a friend of a friend, but this conversation always haunted me. We were hanging out after work and the topic of high school came up and I shared my really bad catholic school experience. Then, this acquaintance was like, "Let me tell you about this place in Utah..." and told us about the abuse she suffered. She would recount hearing kids screaming for help within the facilities in the middle of the night, which terrified everyone. Sometimes when she was asleep, she would be dragged out of her bed into a room beaten, stripped naked and locked in there for days with no food, water or bathroom and would never tell her the reason or if she did anything wrong. It was like the school staff would just pick at random a kid to do that with. When we asked her why she was at a place like that, she said her parents were going through problems and she was a teenager acting out. She said she didn't tell her parents about the abuse because the school admin says her parents will think she is lying and she would end up staying longer. I suppose this is how the school continued to get away with what they were doing. This conversation was back in 2006 and I found out that this lady has since passed away, but being that this is in the news now, I want to add my support to take down Provo Canyon and other schools like that as well.
10 years ago... why didn’t we know about this
I just want to hug her. This is heartbreaking
Aw thanks! I look back at who I was here and wish I could do the same! 😅🖤
Hi my name is Juana, I went through almost the same thing but it was in a treatment center in Texas called Devereux. Was there for a year in a half, but I know I won’t get recognized because I am not a celebrity
God saw and there is always suffering in the afterlife to those that do this to children, even those that do it to adults.
I'm am so sorry for the people who went to this criminal school.
I am just confused at how they believe abuse, and ridicule is suppose to help a "troubled" teen become a "well behaved" citizen. We have no idea on how to help people want to better themselves in this country. It's sickening!
Does anyone know Gabbi (Gabriella) O'Sullivan, she's 16 and goes there. I hope she's okay.
Any news? Is she safe?
Everyone just wants to be a bully. Don’t worry cause they will get theirs. Always remain true to yourself.
I hope paris sees this, this is messed up that this video has been up so long and no one has shared it or no one was aware about it. Its awful what has happened to all the students, they did not deserve what happened. Sending all the good energy to anyone who went through this school. ❤️
She knows! And thank you. 🤗
You tried to bring awareness, you and two other girls you tried. You did a wonderful job
Thank you. Glad we never gave up!
My hearts with you. Was there in 2007 or 2008 can’t remember. Stay strong you made it through ✊
Edit: I was about 12 or 13 when I went in, was halfway through 8th grade
Paris Hilton really exposed the truth about these group homes bless her. Tobad camera phone didn't exist 90s 00s during this time. Thank you for sharing your story much love and respect
Thank you!
This is hard to listen to . When I was teen I was really skinny. My older brother was bigger ( 6’4”, 300lbs ), and took out all his penned aggression from football and school out on me, literally beat me constantly. He was the football player my parents took up for and bragged about, so they did nothing to stop him. I stayed away from home on my bike and then car until early morning and then wouldn’t go to to school because I was tired from not sleeping. My dad was a judge, and had U.S. Marshals come in my room in the middle of the night, put me in a caged prisoner transport car and take me to an out of state “ re-hab “ with chronic drug abusers, alcoholic kids, etc. , and the Dr. diagnosed me with paranoia and depression ( I was getting the shit beat of me at home ), of course I’d be a nervous wreck. The Dr. there would diagnose whatever the person’s insurance would pay for, and say you’re ready to go home when the insurance ran out. So going back to the same situation, it was a repeat cycle of this FIVE times. I finally got my GED and joined the military at 17 just to get the hell out, and prove to myself I wasn’t crazy, but the middle of the night snatching me up, has severely affected me in the military with insomnia and fear of going to sleep when it was crucial that get rest to continue our missions. My parents fuckd me up bad mentally doing that shit, and it was almost like they thought it was the thing to do to label me as mentally ill because didn’t go to school, never addressing I was getting beat up, so I stayed away from home until morning and then slept through the school hours from exhaustion. The hardest thing is one time when I was a teen, my dad went to a car dealer friend’s business, and the guy asked my dad “ this isn’t the football player, this is your trouble son ?” . How in the fck would you feel as a kid knowing that your parents had said that about you to their friends? It’s like they are promoting you to become a trouble kid, or convincing you to think you’re crazy. I can identify with this %100, and yea the Army became a closer family to me than my own. It fcking suks. . .
So sorry I grew up in that area before that time always heard rumblings about horrible things 🙏 thank you for sharing
Thank you!
Holy Crap, they allow phone calls now!! Heck, I didn't even get permission to send letter post for 3 months back in the 90's. This place is the most abusive place I've ever seen. Spent time standing IPs for the only crime I've ever been accused of (and did not commit)
I feel you girly... I just went there and thankfully got out. it was so abusive and I have never had a more traumatic experience I've ever had... I
have PTSD now and I can't even go to Provo city for my life cause I am so terrified....
you are the bullshit oliva
PTSD? What a joke. In the 90’s when I was there they slammed you into walls, dial 9 meant you hit every door way on the way to investment and the textured wall paper the whole way until investment? Yeah that would remove skin on your face. Then you got to investment where “tiny” would put you in the isolation room and slam you into the wall, put you in jogging shorts, a sweatshirt torn up so bad your arms and stomach were fully exposed and then open the door to the outside with it snowing outside and make you freeze. I’m not complaining I’m simply giving you the information to show what changed my mind I don’t want to be a fuck up my entire life. I’m from Cali and that place changed me, along with a few of the people I know from there. Shame you didn’t learn to be smarter.
@@jaredweldy929 The fact that you don't recognize how what you just described is horrifically abusive means you sure as shit didn't tun out "smarter."
@@epileptictrees5213 well I make an excellent salary, I own my own house, multiple cars and motorcycles, oh yeah and I don’t cry like a little bitch because I decided to stop using drugs and stop getting arrested and enjoy my life because that place changed the way I viewed things. Maybe you wouldn’t have went there if you would have stopped fucking up every other chance before they sent you there. No one would have changed without that place putting you in your place and obviously since you’re acting like you’re abused nothing will change you from being a fuck up. Keep blaming everyone else instead of looking at the common issue: you.
@@jaredweldy929 your anger issues and need to attack shows you have some suppressed emotions going on in your mind body and heart. Hope you face them. Paris hilton is bringing this place DOWN!
.. this is quite a story ..what these young people endured..when I was young..about ten my parents mostly my mom tried to get rid of me...for various reasons.. the plan was to send me to some full time military school..i I was refered to or called "the damn kid" it t never happened..I remember how it felt not being wanted.. one time my father beat me so bad I bled thru the back for a week... I would have run away but had no money or place to go..all this got better as time went on.. for what its worth I can really relate to these kids stories and their situations... I think a lot of this goes on... Thanks to Paris Hilton for exposing the Provo torture school... it is my understanding these places are inspected by the state... but they know when they are coming and clean the place up..also, the interview with Paris's mom.. she claims she didnt know what was going on...!!.. good job mom...
We hear you. ❤️
I am so sorry you went through that. 😥 I am so glad you are safe. Thank you for being so brave and for sharing❤❤
Thank you! I'm glad we never gave up.
So many videos about this, I feel so bad I'm just finding out about this.
Came here from Psychology in Seattle's review of the Paris doc. I feel so ignorant that I didn't know about this.
I'm so sorry about what you went through.
ANYONE, is there anyway I can help?
Baby face! I can tell you were fresh out in this.. you've done alot of work on this and I truly appreciate it from my soul.
Thank you so much! Baby face for sure! 😅
lastly, I'm not sure the status today, but I know up until 2000 provo canyon was NOT an accredited school
The “um” is also part of her trauma. She holds on to it after every sentence did you notice?
Yes i noticed it..
Did she never say um before her time at the school? If she said "you know" instead of "um", is that the same or different? She has brown hair now, is that part of her trauma?
Irrelevant and insensitive. She is recalling details of what occurred which were traumatic. Take your ignorance elsewhere.
It's okay, I'm not offended. I still do that some! But I'm much more comfortable speaking these days.
Right, you learn more bad things in these places then in the outside world. I had never seen so much in my life… Heard so many stories… Been around so many drugs… Insane and so corrupt. I feel you girl. Stay strong
I was at PCS from 96-98 with Paris Hilton and Katarina VonDrakkenberg (Kat Von D). First, Paris did not escape. She was removed by her mother Kathy because in 3 months time there she gained 20 lbs. Her mother believed the the extra weight would ruin Paris fron success in modeling. These kids are not lying. The horrors there are true. I never got off investment. The treatment at PCS is to break your children first only to rebuild them minus their issues. I am an attorney now despite PCS.
@Eric.B..why don't anyone
bring LEGAL ACTION to
that awful place..& shut
them down?!
This is true too because this was 7 years ago and Paris Hilton is just not bringing this up ...YEARS LATER
Paris and her mother both claimed she never wanted Paris to model and in the documentary said she was there for 12 months and was out by the time she turned 18 , then she began to live her life the way she wanted to including some modeling
Are you definitely positive about that ?
Hook Hand Thank you for your kind words.
It's pretty bad what happens to kids in schools. I have tried to find a teacher from high school from many years ago, so I can do to him what he did to me, just to make sure he knows what sudden pain, fear and humiliation feels like.
For my case, it was partially my fault sort of my parents. But they didn't no what it was gonna be like nor did I. So I'm not mad at them at all about going there. They saw how miserable I was. I acted up almost every day I was there to the point that they kicked me out of there. I knew that it would eventually happen. I'm surprised I managed to get my Eagle in boy scouts, and graduated high school after that also.
Keep speaking up you guys! Go viral about it. Expose places like these. I have never been to one of these places, but it sounds like hell. I was a troubled teen and never went to anything like this thank God. What I needed was a clean slate so I moved with my bf at the time to another state. Isolation and feeling alone makes shit so much worse. You are all warriors for being here today!
Thank you!
Honestly if I could afford a lawyer to go up against this place with the PTSD trauma I gained after being there, from the screams, crying, awful frightening things I’ve heard and seen that I literally die just to think about and I’m holding tears back as I write this just because I finally feel I haven’t been alone in my thoughts about how awful this place is and how much harm it’s caused me. There are others. You guys. This place took what strength I had left in me and took it down so many levels I still can’t even get back to the state I was in before this place. :”(
I hope places like this get shut down. I gained three stalkers from that place one being a registered sex offender that I have no idea how any of them found me. Guessing social media but I never felt safe. Feared I’d get kicked or punched on accident of purposely but other patients constantly standing there crying in the middle of it all and stuck there forced to take drugs and comply even though I could hardly stay awake sitting up in my chair from all their medication just so I could get out of the place! This place really left me scarred. :”(
Skialer Stocks This is not the staffs fault all of the kids abuse each other and they even beat up staff
I would love to know the owners names. I know new ownership took over, but it'd be nice to know names and who was responsible, and put it out on social media and expose the shit out of them.
Wow, 10 years ago.. This is insane... :(( I hope you find justice
Thank you!
Wtf kinda therapist works at a hell hole like that. Yuck.
A psychopathic minded one, some just learn psychology out of a perverted interest.
I am 16 years old and I was there for 10 months I discharged two months ago that place isn't helpful at all I got worse while I was there
@olivia rogers be a better person by shutting up and going away
What goes on???
@olivia rogers are you a relative of the owners, haha.
Wow they called you that? That’s disgusting:( I’m so sorry.
@lisandy777 Shame on any parent who willingly places their child in one of these facilities. I made a point to really talk to every girl who was enrolled with me at PCS, and not =one= of them was as bad, or "at risk" as they were made out to be. Sexual abuse is prevalent in these facilities, and, sadly, death from misuse of restraints and sedatives are not unheard of. If you were worried about the mortality & chastity of your child, you made an egregious choice in sending her away.
well the school has been sued multiple times
Oh my days. 11 years ago this was posted and only now is anyone seeing it!!
I went to a abusive school to in '98 called Tranquility Bay in Jamaica. There is a Wikipedia about it. There are multiple abusive schools/programs. My heart goes out to everyone who was hurt also.
I went on to talk about TB! I'm so sorry you were there.
Wow that place sucked. Seriously. My heart goes out to anyone that went though what i went through. I think Im still the only person ever to be kicked out of there though. Spent a couple of months in a stone room to do it, however. That was pretty painful, and they never turned the lights off. Turns out, I have Autism. They never Diagnosed me. Some Proffessionals, right? Pack of thugs came and beat you up whenever you disagreed with "authority". Seriously. It was SO freaking Childish.
I can't believe Provo Canyon school wasn't recognized until now... I am so sorry you went through that..
Thank you. 🖤
Insurance , Insurance, Insurance.... The better Insurance the longer and more often ....let's not forget the Aftercare. Insurance Insurance.... INSURANCE !!!!!!!
$12,000 / month. Per patient. No Insurance, then you must be " Well " or just plain " Cured "
I came here after watching Paris Hilton's documentary. How're you doing now? My heart goes out to you.
I'm doing so well thank you! I grew and learned a ton after this was made and still speak on this topic. My full story is on my channel now. 😁
Wow, this has REALLY been happening, even b4 the documentary 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Growing up I had 3 friends get dragged off to these places. One of them was so different when she came out it seemed she was afraid of people. Another came out and spiraled until her death. Not sure what happened to the third. The stories that came out after they were eventually released were disgusting. Rampant abuse of all kinds. If you want to help your children - this isn't the way.
hi i also went here along with the same girl in this video. i was just trying to show my now husband the abuse that does go on here in us. ass a teen i aslo dabled in drugs i remember this clearly bc i was questioned and put on investmentment due to a girl named alyssa i was friends with who ran way.where i was saved on my 17th bday by my parents running out of money. this place is living nightmare. to put it in the least words possible. you are treated as less than an inamate. i remember a drug councler who by the way had never even drank alcohol telling me bc i was from Californian and not Mormon i was going to hell. not say they all did this but i remembered this later when i did build my faith in Christianity at what a crazy place this was. i look back on a number of incidents regarding provo canyon and i further regard the public to not only question the safety of its keepings but the sanity that any place like this has the power over anyones constitutional rights still remain open
Omg! I think I went there with you. I remember them saying the name "Massey." Hmm.
A high school diploma from a joint like that ain't worth a dime😅😅😅😅😃$$$$$$$
This girl has such a unique cuteness to her.
What about the way they would put you on a stool and make you sit there for days and nights spraying you with near boiling or freezing water? This sounds sugarcoated.
sayonara That never happens
Forgive me if this has already been asked, but where is the Part 2 of this?
This was part of a 5 part series I did over 10 years ago! I'd taken them all down because I was scared but someone pirated this one and kept it up. I learned so much after this video and have spoken a lot on this subject. If you look up Youth In Disorder I break down this industry a bit and tell my whole story! Thank you for caring.
I recently heard your more recent testimony . And it really struck a chord. Haveing spent 4 years in straight inc. I could identify with everybody of it. And alot I had suppressed it's really helping me to finally start putting myself back together. Thank you jenn
Thank you. And I'm so glad you are finding strength. 🖤
that place realy fucked me up too.. the things i saw ther at pcs.... i will never forget...it haunts me til i die.. those sick fucks.. im so sorry you had to experience it all too..
By far you are the best rep for survivors .
I don't know about that but I haven't shut up yet! 😜 Thank you so much.
never forget the textured walls and investment
Oh crap, I remember getting grabbed and my head shaved, it was a messed up time to have "extreme" hair
I believe you ❤️ So sorry this happened
Hi this patty's granddaughter, i'm going to provo school tomorrow. if i get abused there or anything else happens i AM not afraid to grab one of the staffs badge and run the hell out of there. just pray to god that i survive the next three months and if not then i'm going to go to the police or my mom.
hope all goes well
If you can, make a safe word with your grandma before you go so you can tell her if you need help on the phone since staff are listening. I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I would be happy to talk to you, your grandma, or parents any time. Don't give up.
My last day there I got the names & addresses of about 30 kids the staff found the paper & sent all the kids to Devo for punishment there deadly afraid of us getting together in the real world.tecknology will be their undoing..😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
I am so sorry no one listened sooner.
This shit crazy i got my arm broke and didnt go to the hospital for three weeks the staff used too make fun of me and tell to take my sling intill they took me to the hospital and seen i needed surgery and i had to get four screws in my shoulder to keep my bones in place and had the audacity to send my grandmother the Bill i i was 14 at that time.
I feel really bad for you for all the hell you’ve gone through I hope and pray that you heal from awful experience ❤😢
Where’s part two?!! Omg!
This is so tragic. I hope she is okay in 2020.
I'm doing really well! Thank you so much.
I'm doing really well! Thank you so much.
Did anyone ever try to sue you for speaking out?
No! 🙂 They don't want to go there with me because they know I have proof and witnesses. It would just be more media exposure on them.
You rock Jen
Thank you! 😅
I was there I believe her
Sounds like family toxicity if you can not speak to your parents to take you out of the school
I dont think you realize the impact that fear has on a child
They lie to you and say they monitor the phone calls and then say that your parents won’t believe you because you already have a history of lying and trying to get out of things, then Of course, there’s the punishment if they find out
@@SLCtica Children are neurologically wired to heavily defend, love, and seek refuge with their parents. In fact, in abusive cases, the child is more clingy. Because its still a form of protection. Thats how parental alienation happens within a divorce with a borderline parent. So, if your a child or teen and not telling your parents whats going on. You have a toxicity or a breakdown with communication. Thats the real problem.
@@saratobi959 I do indeed. We all do. We were all children.
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It's a horrible thing because I can't imagine children who went there being that close to their families. They would have been sent away because their parents aren't willing to connect to them or deal with it themselves. And a child will always be a product of their environment; if they're acting up, there will be reasons for it that will likely root to their childhood. Regardless, I wouldn't say family toxicity is the "real problem" (relative to the school itself) but just a part of this whole tragic situation.
Also, abuse, and especially the levels of abuse at Provo really can distort your whole reality and they really could use fear to manipulate what they wanted you to think about the power you had in escaping a situation. Even just being in an abusive relationship can make you forget the entire life you had before being in that relationship, and people tend to disconnect from their families because the emotional pain of their situations takes up their whole reality. So I could imagine a situation where a child, who would usually discuss things with their parents, completely loses touch with that family connection and really loses hope of ever escaping the hell that becomes their life. Abusive situations can break reality as you know it. Especially as they won't even be seeing their parents daily anymore since Provo is a boarding school. Provo would literally become their whole lives (a life that their families have no place in anymore, especially because of the trust issues a child will have with their family after being sent there by them) and I expect the transition of being abused wouldn't have been drastically obvious, especially through the mind of a child, so that disconnection from understanding life can be happy, and the thought that they CAN escape the situation would really be destroyed. It doesn't matter if you know what can be practical in a situation. If it causes emotional pain, that pain is enough to keep you tied up and feeling helpless and believe the abusive lies your fed. It really is horrible that it will likely be parents who failed their children themselves that will send their children to these places. It's basically double the abuse. There's a clear link there, so I 100% see what your saying.
WHERE'S PART TWO??????
My full story is on my channel now!
I’m Andrew Hollis I knew you there when I was a kid
Hi there!
where is the rest of this???
THIS WAS 11 YEARS AGO AND PARIS DOC CAME OUT THIS YEAR IM SO PISSED IT TAKES A CELEBRITY FOR ANYONE TO EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS
I mean this was in 2009 & SM was still pretty new
Exactly !!!!
Word.
Does anyone who went there remember the obs room
Very well. I have a drawing of it as the cover of Youth In Disorder.
Wow thats a long stint, one day you will get to decide what to do with your parents
They need to close that school down !😡 iam sorry you went though that horrible stuff !! Just sooo mess up school. I apologize for their behavior i really ..!😞🙏
Hi I was their for four years
I hope you are doing well now
Don't worry.. you not alone.. :(
Took someone famous to shine the light on this Evil place
Where is part 2???