Provo Canyon School loses license amid abuse and safety concerns

Utah regulators revoked the Springville campus residential treatment license for Provo Canyon School, citing unnecessary restraint, aggressive physical contact and neglect, with all services to be terminated by August 6 and the school given 15 days to appeal. Paris Hilton, who spent about a year there as a teen, has campaigned to close the facility and testified about abuse; the broader context includes ongoing concerns about the troubled-teen industry, with an earlier inquiry finding staff failures at the boys campus and prompting calls for reform.