Boy's campus: 4501 North University Ave, Provo, Utah 84604
Girl's campus: 763 North 1650 West, Springville, Utah 84663-5066
North central Utah
Utah county
United States
Information
Funding type
Private
Religious affiliation(s)
Nonsectarian
Founded
1971[1]
Status
Open
Administrator
Dave Campbell (girls campus)
Grades
3 to 12
Gender
Males and females
Age
8 to 17
Enrollment
~97 (boys campus)[2][3]
~98 (girls campus)[4]
Capacity
225 (combined)
Student to teacher ratio
~8:1 (boys campus)[3][2]
~6:1 (girls campus)[4]
Language
English
Schedule type
Daily bell class rotation
Schedule
Monday through Friday
Hours in school day
5.5
Campuses
2
Campus type
Rural
Accreditations
The Joint Commission, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and Cognia:
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI)
Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC)
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI)
Website
Official website
Provo Canyon School (PCS) is a psychiatric youth involuntary residential treatment center in Provo, Utah, owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) since 2000.[5] The involuntary residential program claims to use an "Acuity Based Care" (ABC) model that identifies and re-assesses the strengths and needs of its students. Residents instead receive a wide range of interventions including psychotropic drug therapy; use of physical restraints; humiliation; starvation; and solitary confinement.[6]
For nearly its entire history, the facility has faced multiple accusations of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of its inmates.[6] These accusations gained renewed attention in 2020 when media personality Paris Hilton released a documentary detailing the abuse she and other former residents claimed to have faced at the facility.[7]
Charter Behavioral Health Systems owned and operated PCS until its bankruptcy in 2000, after which it was sold to UHS.[8]
^Caring for kids with special needs: Residential treatment programs for children and adolescents. Princeton, NJ: Peterson's. 1993. p. 446. ISBN 9781560791683.
^ ab"Provo Canyon School-provo Campus Profile (2021–22) | Provo, UT". Private School Review. December 24, 2023.
^ ab"Explore Provo Canyon School – Provo Campus". Niche.
^ ab"Explore Provo Canyon School – Orem Campus". Niche.
^"Provo canyon School Media Statement - Updated August 2021" (PDF).
^ abMiller, Jessica (September 20, 2020). "Provo Canyon School's history of abuse accusations spans decades, far beyond Paris Hilton". The Salt Lake City Tribune. ISSN 0746-3502.
^Craft, Will (June 23, 2021). "The teen got a concussion. The school got a pass". APM Reports.
^Story, Louise (August 17, 2005). "A Business Built on the Troubles of Teenagers". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522.
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