The school had informed me that if I ever escaped, they would bring me back, strip search me and place me in Observation. They told me that they would press charges and send me to jail. A petition calling for the schools closure has amassed over 202,000 signatures (as of April 2021). I will never forget sitting with her in that cell and trying to help her get out of there by staring at the wall until staff said she could move. Their families are being mislead into believing these places are therapeutic, when in fact they are correctional facilities designed to coerce them into submission. A list of more than 25 individuals staff, students and professionals was given as known and unknown persons who participated or witnessed abuse at PCS. Im pretty sure each grievance I wrote just sat on her desk or was thrown away. I believe it was Lorna and Danielle that called me on it. Market data provided by Factset. Students accumulated investment points for offenses as minor as being late in line for dinner or talking back. There, Hilton alleges, she was beaten by staffers, prescribed unknown pills and forced into solitary confinement for almost 20 hours. Many survivors report that they have developed PTSD or C-PTSD resulting from their time at Provo Canyon School. She alleged her parents sent her to the school for a three-week program, but she was ultimately there for six months. He also worked at PCS for many years as the Medical Director. This is absolutely just a job to them, and the vindictive punishments I saw them dole out to other residents with more severe issues than I was facing, was truly upsetting, even more so in retrospect as an adult woman. Still the damage had been done and I was severely traumatized by the time I spent at PCS. She alleged her parents sent her to the school for a three-week program, but she was ultimately there for six months. And your kids are going to be put in shackles, thrown into solitary confinement, drugged, beaten and raped, the letter to Ray states, in part, according to the charges. I actually had a great stash of all kinds of shit too (and Im not talking candy), but I wont say how, just in case some girl there now is using the same hiding spot, I dont want some staff who reads these things to go bust them. Provo Canyon School operates in a number of campuses. . The roof and walls of the cabin were crushed. Dennis Eugene Thorne was the Co-Owner of Provo Canyon School from 1978 until 1986. (Dean Goodridge). She was never taken to the hospital. I am satisfied to know my message has gotten through. I will never forget sitting with her in that cell and trying to help her get out of there by staring at the wall until staff said she could move. PCS states that it enrolls teenagers with a history of the following: Substance Abuse Behavior, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity, Anxiety & Trauma Disorders, Social Developmental Disorders, Conduct & Impulsive Behavior, Mood Disorders, Including Bipolar & Depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Personality Disorders (Including: Borderline, Dependent, Histrionic, and Obsessive-Compulsive), Reactive Attachment Disorder, and more. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. FINAL COMMENTS: Our fear is that this State of UTAH, like the Orem police and District Attorney, will believe the lies and biased cover-up presented by therapists and directors at PCS. Provo Canyon School has had a long and well-supported history of abuse, beginning only a few years after it first opened in 1971. I want my story to be heard in the hopes that this abuse will not be allowed to continue. They would character assassinate me and berate me until I was in tears. Then their parents were contacted and told that the girls had relapsed and could not return home just yet. 'It's What I've Been Waiting 30 Years For:' Survivors Of Abuse In