Paris Hilton’s “Trapped in Treatment” is back for a second season with hosts Caroline Cole and Rebecca Mellinger Grone as they investigate the Worldwide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASP) - the largest global network of programs in the history of the troubled teen industry.
Our first season's story continues with a look into how one man — a man who got his start at Provo Canyon School — masterminded his own universe of programs replete with allegations of abuse, isolation, and trauma that spanned from the arid deserts of Utah to the humid beaches of Jamaica.
With first-hand accounts from survivors and interviews with former employees and industry experts, “Trapped in Treatment” Season 2 explores the complex nature of the troubled teen industry and the lack of justice for those that have lived through it.
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Episode Transcript
Hey, it's Paris, Hilton. On April thirtieth, my podcast Trapped
in Treatment returns for a second season, this time with
exclusive interviews and first hand accounts to profile one of
the largest networks of teen treatment programs in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
They held us in dog cages, they starved us, they
beat us, they burned us, and subject us to really horrible,
cruel and unusual punishment.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
After my personal experience at Provocanyon School, I was shocked
to learn that a man named Robert Litchfield, a man
who got a start at the school that I went to,
would go on to create a multi million dollar empire.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
He was trying to brand us, so we were going
to become the McDonald's Treatment.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
The worldwide association of specialty programs in schools.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
They pray on, you know, a parent's really natural and
beautiful love for their children in a really, really unfortunately effective.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
Way at the time in my life. Now, if someone
presented this program to me, and not just because I've
already experienced it, sham, scam, beware harm, danger, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Listen to season two of Trapped in Treatments starting April
thirtieth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you
get your podcasts
Hosts And Creators
Paris Hilton
Rebecca Mellinger
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