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Sent Away

It didn’t seem to matter what the teen treatment center did wrong. The state of Utah always gave it another chance. Death. Abuse. Criminal charges. Bizarre punishments. Whistleblowers coming forward. And each time, the place got a pass.

A team of reporters from three news organizations has spent the last year digging into the untold stories of Utah’s massive teen treatment industry. Some 12,000 teenagers struggling with depression, delinquency and other problems have been sent there for help over the last five years. APM Reports, KUER and The Salt Lake Tribune investigate how the government failed to keep all those kids safe.

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Episode List
  • Sent Away, Paris Hilton Protest
    7: We Failed You
    The power of speaking out — and of celebrity. Paris Hilton goes public with allegations against Provo Canyon School. And she sparks a movement. Others share their stories. And a lawmaker hears them.Read more: Utah increased oversight of its troubled-teen industry. Has it worked?
  • Provo Canyon School, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.
    6: This is the place
    We take a step back from Integrity House and Havenwood Academy in this episode to explore how Utah became the place to send troubled teens.
  • Havenwood Ranch, Cedar City, Feb. 10, 2022.
    5: Under new management
    Even after the police raid Integrity House, the state still doesn't shut it down.
  • Sent Away -
    4: The police are here
    A knock at the door. A police raid. An outpouring of allegations. But the case crumbles when the cops learn something they never knew about Daniel Taylor.
  • Meagan Crider poses for a portrait in Decatur, Texas, on March 7, 2022.
    3: Blurred lines
  • Katey Handel, 31, at her home in Gray, La., on Feb. 16, 2022. Katey was sent to a "troubled teens" center in Utah when she was 17 and pregnant.
    2: What they saved
    We learn what it was like to live at Integrity House day after day — what the people who worked there saw, and what the state did when one of them blew the whistle.
  • Bloomington Cave, Feb. 8, 2022, is a large tectonic cave in which Bureau of Land Management permitted cavers can crawl and shimmy through tight passages and climb slippery surfaces throughout. The cave has five marked routes passing through at least six distinct levels and a maze of passages totaling 1.43 miles (7,574 feet), making it the fifth-longest cave in Utah.
    1: Second Chances
    We learn how hard Utah’s laws make it to shut down a youth treatment facility.
  • Trailer: Sent Away
    Sent Away is a seven-episode series beginning March 8. New episodes every Tuesday.