8: The System Gone Mad

Episode 8: The System Gone Mad

Parents aren’t the only ones who can send kids away. Learn about the government’s role in putting juvenile offenders, foster youth, and other wards of the state into the TTI, and how lackluster regulation can make starting a TTI facility all too easy.

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Credits

Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show. 

Sources and Further Reading

Considering Licensing an Addiction Treatment Center in Utah? You’re in for a Treat. 

Trapped in Treatment Podcast

A National Look at the Use of Congregate Care in Child Welfare

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family violence cases: Applying the literature to identify promising practices

The Misuse of Parental Alienation in Family Court Proceedings with Allegations of Intimate Partner Violence 

The Misuse of Parental Alienation in Family Court Proceedings with Allegations of Intimate Partner Violence, Part 2

Children and Domestic Homicide: Understanding the Risks

West Ridge Academy - Utah Boys Ranch

Utah Code Title 26 - Utah Health Code Chapter 23 - Enforcement Provisions and Penalties Section 10

Religious Exemption at some Florida Children's Homes shields prying eyes

Religious Exemption Laws

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