Charter Behavioral Health Systems filed for bankruptcy in 2000, and several months later sold a dozen of their programs including Provo Canyon School to, . There was no sound of rushing water from the Provo River. A DIVISION OF THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2019. The therapy sessions were not therapeutic at all. When they contacted Provo Canyon they were told that if they wanted me to survive past age 16, I needed to be in a maximum lockdown facility that could give me the therapeutic support I needed in a secure environment. They beat children mentally, emotionally and physically. PCS is fully accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission. She was employed by Universal Health Services at Provo Canyon School for 20 years after I left. I learned fairly quickly fly under the radar and attend the LDS services they offered because they fed us and the staff would treat us favorably if we attended the church services. He had stopped at Billys, had supper, and had almost been persuaded to stay. It was inhumane and traumatized me for life. All I could ever say to the girls (since I was being watched, of course) was Look, you know as well as I do how far this can go. And it would go FAR. I was on investment (the lowest level). was the most abused of all, forced to remain isolated in the cold obs unit most of the day. Provo Canyon School ( PCS) is a psychiatric youth involuntary residential treatment center, owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) since 2000. I was forced to clean rooms of the facility daily, and if the standards (which were impossibly high) were not met, there was strict punishment in order. These campuses are each divided between younger teenagers (aged 13-18) and older teenagers (aged 11-14). This upset my Grandfather to no end, but other members of my family believed this was part of a treatment plan. [16], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}401040N 1113821W / 40.17778N 111.63917W / 40.17778; -111.63917. Provo Canyon School is NOT a therapeutic boarding school and is a prison for children, many who have suffered from abuse. Although I recieved professional care, my condition had not improved and my parents were terrified. During my six month stay at PCS after months of fighting against the system, I realized that in order to leave this place, I was going to have to stop rebelling and pretend to toe the line. I?ll tell you, one time they gave me some other girls Lithium by mistake, and then they were much more lenient on me after that. Provo forced me to take medication daily that made me feel numb, exhausted and completely out of it. Kat Von D says liking punk music and tattoos got her sent to an institution behavior-modification programs across the world which were shut down due to countless instances of extreme abuse and neglect.