In 1994, the 15-year-old Liz Ianelli was sent by her parents to the Family Foundation School in Hancock, N.Y., which claimed to treat her disruptive behavior.
Now Ms. Ianelli is an activist and the author of a new memoir, “I See You, Survivor,” which details her ordeal.
Some states exempt programs that claim to be religion-based from standards enforced on other child-caring facilities, while some states have few, if any, regulations on these programs.
Because more than a dozen states allow spanking and paddling in schools, corporal punishment that would be illegal in prisons occurs in many of these programs.
But until Ms. Hilton took up the cause, efforts to protect youth on the federal level had stalled.
Persons:
Liz Ianelli, Ianelli, “, Paris Hilton, Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas’s, Hilton
Organizations:
Family Foundation School, Hidden Lake Academy, Supreme Court
Locations:
Hancock, N.Y, Paris