Paris Hilton shares traumatic experience in youth care facility, urges greater federal oversight

[Music] when I was 16 years old I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported across state lines to the first of four youth residential treatment facilities these programs promised healing growth and support but instead did not allow me to speak move freely or even look out a window for 2 years I was force-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff I was violently restrained and dragged down hallways stripped naked and thrown into solitary confinement my parents were completely deceived lied to and manipulated by this for-profit industry about the inhumane treatment I was experiencing today residential facilities are continuing to Warehouse over 50,000 Foster Youth and unknown number of adopted youth in lockdown facilities innocent kids who have not committed crimes kids whose parents didn’t have resources to support them kids whose parents passed away kids who have already experienced trauma this $23 billion a year industry sees this population as dollar signs and operates without meaningful oversight you know I was only sent there because I was getting bad grades I was just ditching classes I had ADH I have ADHD and that was something that they weren’t really talking about back then so somebody recommended that I go to these schools my parents had no idea they just thought it was going to be a normal boarding school and um when I got there there was no therapy we would just constantly be torn down abused screamed at yelled at um no education whatsoever um I learned nothing there except trauma what I experienced in these places was inhumane and it’s something that will affect me for the rest of my life and after speaking to thousands of survivors who have been through the same experiences I think it’s just important to listen to survivors because we have the lived experience

American businesswoman and reality TV star Paris Hilton called for greater federal oversight of youth care programs at a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing on Wednesday, as she described her traumatic experience in youth care facilities.

Hilton, 43, the great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton, has spoken publicly about the emotional and physical abuse she endured when she was placed in residential youth treatment facilities as a teen.

In remarks to the committee on Wednesday, she described being taken from her bed in the middle of the night at age 16 and transported across state lines to a residential facility, where she experienced physical and sexual abuse.

Hilton first described her experience at a Utah facility, which she said has left her with post-traumatic stress disorder that she continues to suffer from, in 2021, and has been a vocal advocate for greater oversight of the system.

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