Overview
- The Utah Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday that it revoked the Springville campus license because the operator did not provide adequate health and safety services, and the site must stop activities by August 6 while admissions are barred.
- The agency’s findings list repeated failures, including delayed medical care for an injured student, insufficient supervision and staffing, and other violations that reporting says occurred within the last two years under the campus’s current leadership.
- Paris Hilton and other former students welcomed the decision as validation of long‑standing abuse allegations; Hilton first publicized her claims in 2020 and later testified before lawmakers about physical, sexual and psychological mistreatment.
- The Provo Canyon School has rejected the allegations, says it does not tolerate abuse, and has 15 days to request an administrative hearing or pursue legal challenges to the revocation.
- Advocates and reporting frame the action as part of wider scrutiny of for‑profit residential treatment programs for youth in Utah, a development that could prompt tighter inspections, policy changes and new oversight of similar facilities.