Federal regulations would impact the more than 100 teen treatment facilities in Utah, which plays an outsized role in the industry.

In 2019, a girl from Bermuda died by suicide at West Ridge Academy, a teen treatment facility in West Jordan. The Salt Lake Tribune reports her parents filed a lawsuit against the facility last month. The litigation comes as a new state law requires centers to develop suicide prevention policies.

Up until 2019, the agency regulating Utah’s massive youth treatment industry rarely cited facilities for violating rules – even after cases of abuse. After a 2016 incident left a teenager with a concussion, state regulators listened to his mom’s complaint – and then did nothing about it.

A staffer at West Ridge Academy, a Utah facility for “troubled teens,” is facing a child abuse charge after prosecutors say he fractured a teen’s wrist during a restraint.

The Office of Licensing is crafting new rules after legislators passed a bill that brings more state oversight for the first time in 15 years.

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.

Last week, The Salt Lake Tribune and KUER released a database of documents that show how the teen treatment industry is regulated in Utah. It contains the past five years worth of inspection reports for every youth residential treatment center in the state. The Salt Lake Tribune's Jessica Miller spearheaded the project. She sat down with KUER’s David Fuchs to talk about what her analysis of those inspection reports has revealed so far.

This would be the first time Utah legislators have put more oversight in place on the industry in 15 years.