Utah psychiatric hospital to shut down after years of safety concerns exposed by FOX 13 News

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A for-profit psychiatric hospital in Midvale is choosing to shut down after years of discipline and patient safety concerns uncovered by FOX 13 News.The decision was made by Acadia Healthcare, the facility's parent company.

Since 2019, just one hospital in Utah has had more assault cases reported to police than Highland Ridge.FOX 13 News first began looking into Highland Ridge Hospital in 2021. We accumulated dozens of police reports from the Unified Police Department, detailing assault cases and sexual assault cases. Some investigators and employees began referring to Highland Ridge Hospital as “The Rape Hospital” because of how frequently patients are assaulted and how infrequently the staff report those cases to police.

Just one employee faced a criminal charge, and eventually forgiveness, at the conclusion of the Utah AG's Office self-described “aggressive” investigation.

 

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