CCHR Warns Troubled Teen Camps Must Be Banned as Deaths Spur Closures
- CCHR warns that troubled teen camps must be banned to prevent further deaths, stating that public outrage alone has not solved the underlying issues allowing these programs to continue.
- CCHR warns that abusive programs in the troubled teen industry remain operational, posing risks to children's lives.
- CCHR calls for stricter laws to ban the worst offenders and improve oversight of youth transport practices.
- CCHR emphasizes that without legislative action, more children will die under the current systems in place.
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CCHR Warns Troubled Teen Camps Must Be Banned as Deaths Spur Closures
Despite closures since 2019, CCHR says the troubled teen industry still endangers kids' lives, and tougher bans and oversight of both facilities and the youth transport system are needed to ensure no child dies for profit
CCHR Warns Troubled Teen Camps Must Be Banned as Deaths Spur Closures - Send2Press Newswire
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 7, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Despite dozens of closures of abusive “troubled teen” programs in behavioral and psychiatric centers, including wilderness camps in recent years, a leading mental health industry watchdog warns that children’s lives remain at risk unless stronger laws ban the worst offenders and the secretive youth transport practices that feed them. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (…
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