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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aerial photo of Provo Canyon School s Springville Campus on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021.
When social workers in Oregon’s foster care system sent a 14-year-old to Utah, they were trying to find a place that could help. But instead the girl, who has an intellectual and developmental disability, endured an increasingly difficult stay at Provo Canyon School.
Over roughly three months, employees pinned down her arms and legs down nearly 30 times, some restraints lasting as long as a half hour.
Fellow students beat her up at least four times, including once when she was punched in the face while she was asleep.
| Updated: Feb. 5, 2021, 5:16 p.m.
When social workers in Oregon’s foster care system sent a 14-year-old to Utah, they were trying to find a place that could help. But instead the girl, who has an intellectual and developmental disability, endured an increasingly difficult stay at Provo Canyon School.
Over roughly three months, employees pinned down her arms and legs nearly 30 times, some restraints lasting as long as a half-hour.
Fellow students beat her up at least four times, including once when she was punched in the face while she was asleep.
Staff injected the girl with sedatives 17 times a number so alarming that child welfare officials from Oregon flew in to investigate. Those officials got her on a plane and took her back to Oregon in March 2019.
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