SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has revoked another license for the Provo Canyon School, a boarding facility where Paris Hilton has stated she was abused as a teenager. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services announced the decision Friday, citing numerous citations for noncompliance in 2026.
According to the department, the school failed to protect clients from potential harm and engaged in cruel and unnecessary practices. More than a dozen citations were issued. Shannon Thoman-Black, director of the division of licensing and background checks, stated that "no child should be hurt in a program that is meant to protect them."
This action follows the state's revocation of a license for the school's other campus earlier this month, which cited a failure to provide necessary health and safety services. The Provo campus has until Aug. 15 to cease operations, though Utah officials will monitor the facility weekly in the interim.
Paris Hilton, who attended the school in the late 1990s, described the decision as bringing a sense of "peace" and marking the end of a "horrific chapter of abuse, neglect, and trauma."
Provo Canyon School, described as a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth aged 12 to 18, has 15 days to request a hearing. Staci Bradley, the school's director of business development, stated that the school disagrees with the decision and is reviewing legal and administrative options, including an appeal.
Hilton has publicly alleged that staff members beat her, monitored her showers, administered unknown pills, and confined her to solitary confinement without clothing during her time at the facility. She has testified before Congress and state legislatures, advocating for reforms within the "troubled teen industry," a network of private facilities for children with behavioral issues that has a significant presence in Utah.
In June, Hilton visited the Provo Canyon School to support families who have filed lawsuits alleging mistreatment of their children. The school is currently under new ownership, and its current administration has stated it cannot comment on events predating the ownership change, including Hilton's experiences.