Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile
Chelsea Maldonado

@yep4rights

Investigative Researcher for #TrappedinTreatment. Campaign Manager for @SICAA_Federal and #TroubledTeenIndustry survivor.
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The Walrus (@thewalrus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1998, runaway teens Matt Toppi and Christopher Brown were struck by a train fifty kilometres from their military-style boarding school, Robert Land Academy. After their deaths, fellow students began to expose what life inside the academy was really like. thewalrus.ca/robert-land-ac…

Tim Greene (@tgreeneviking) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I would like to thank Paris Hilton, CathyMcMorrisRodgers , Caroline Cole , MBren and Rebecca Mellinger for allowing me to be a part of taking on the "Troubled Teen" industry. I waited 30+ years to share my experience. Now, I can't shut up. We're making progress.

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"State officials say they are shutting down #MapleLakeAcademy’s girls program over their concerns that it has had continued problems keeping clients safe in the nearly three years since a girl died there" #TroubledTeenIndustry #Utah #SICAA sltrib.com/news/2024/08/2…

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Four of the nine centers are run by #GeoGroup, a Florida-based multinational prison firm that has long been the target of activist rage and reform efforts...Four other facilities are run by #LaSalleCorrections" #StopInstitutionalChildAbuse Common Dreams commondreams.org/news/louisiana…

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"#Michigan schools secluded students with disabilities 11,910 times and restrained them 9,076 times in the 2022-2023 academic year, according to state data. The year before, educators secluded 9,166 students and restrained 7,615" #DisabilityRights #EdLaw bridgemi.com/talent-educati…

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"#SanDiego County has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alan Arguelles, a 16-year-old who died from a fentanyl overdose at #KearnyMesa Juvenile Detention Facility" #JuvenileJustice #CalPol #SICAA bajanews.mx/noticias/31375…

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The bill was supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle and earned support from Paris Hilton, who visited Sacramento in April to testify" AMAZING WORK Senator Shannon Grove Rebecca Mellinger Caroline Cole & all #TroubledTeenIndustry survivors! 🔥💖 latimes.com/california/sto…

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Most residential programs charge hundreds, even thousands, per day to care for vulnerable youth and adults. Despite these high profits, workers are barely making minimum wage -- placing both residents and staff at risk. #DisabilityRights #SICAA #Texas keranews.org/health-wellnes…

Art Levine (@artl7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MindSite News investigation, fresh scoops and analysis of "#troubledteen" industry [#TTI]. mindsitenews.org/2024/08/31/tro… Here's main article, incl. BREAKING: new local Massachusetts police investigation into death of Monique Payne, 14-year-old daughter of #TheresaPayne at a

Sara Gelser Blouin (@sensaragelser) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Ron Wyden for elevating voices of survivors like Chelsea Maldonado & Paris Hilton.This article & US Sen Finance report should be required reading for every child welfare leader & licensing official. Child abuse is NOT treatment. #orpol OregonDHS CW Disability Rights Oregon OR Health Authority

Diana Hembree (@legacyreporter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Levine's story also features the work of investigative researcher Chelsea Maldonado Chelsea Maldonado at Trapped in Treatment, who spent time as a teen in WWASP's Tranquility Bay in Jamaica Steven Hassan, PhD #troubledteenindustry #WWASP

Chelsea Maldonado (@yep4rights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"At #Acadia facilities around the country, health inspectors have found that some patients did not receive therapy, were unsupervised or were denied access to vital medications. Many inspection reports described rapes, assaults and filthy conditions" #TTI nytimes.com/2024/09/01/bus…

Art Levine (@artl7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reaction to our MindSite News investigation about the abusive, deadly, essentially unregulated #troubledteenindustry #TTI series has been strong and positive. Here's how we did it and special thanks to Paris Hilton for citing us: mindsitenews.org/newsletter/inv… Main:

Paris Hilton (@parishilton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ALERT 🚨 I need a Michigan attorney who is willing to help me with something child welfare related. Please email [email protected] if you can help me and my team support a child ❤️