Jessica Miller | Salt Lake Tribune
ReporterJessica Miller is a legal affairs and criminal justice for The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2011. Her reporting has earned numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2017. Jessica can be reached at jmiller@sltrib.com.
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox joined lawmakers and activists to celebrate the passage of a new law providing new restrictions on youth residential treatment centers in Utah. -
Her hands bound, a girl was forced to sit in a horse trough. The Utah troubled-teen center faced no penalty. -
Sorenson’s Ranch School must retrain its staff and abide by state rules or close. -
Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday signed a bill that will put more regulations in place at youth residential treatment centers. -
Critics question whether Utah’s oversight is sufficient to keep kids safe. -
The teen treatment industry is bigger in Utah than anywhere else in the country. KUER and The Salt Lake Tribune released a database Thursday containing the past five years-worth of inspection reports and confirmed investigations for every residential teen treatment program currently operating in the state. -
The Colorado woman is suing the Utah ranch for “troubled teens,” and is being represented by Gloria Allred. -
This bill would be the first time Utah legislators passed new rules for residential treatment centers in 15 years.
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A Utah Senate committee passed a bill that would provide more oversight for the nearly 100 “troubled-teen” centers in Utah.
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Chemically restraining children is not allowed in a number of states — but it is permitted in Utah, where the so-called “troubled-teen” industry has thrived under light regulations. A bill sponsored by State Sen. Mike McKell could bring significant oversight to the industry, and would ban the use of chemical restraints unless a facility is given special permission.
