NYRA Launches New Troubled Teen Industry Nonprofit, Breaking Code Silence

NYRA Launches New Troubled Teen Industry Nonprofit, Breaking Code Silence

We are happy to announce that NYRA is now fiscally sponsoring Breaking Code Silence, a movement organized by a network of survivors and activists to raise awareness of the problems in the “Troubled Teen” Industry, to aide them as they organize their nonprofit. Youth can be kidnapped and held without their consent in these programs…

NYRA Launches Letter-Writing Campaign To Regulate Troubled Teen Industry

NYRA Launches Letter-Writing Campaign To Regulate Troubled Teen Industry

NYRA is asking Congress to introduce legislation to reform the “Troubled Teen” Industry. Youth can be kidnapped and held without their consent in these camps for “behavior modification”, often suffering severe abuse. Last time we advocated for legislation to regulate the Troubled Teen Industry it passed the House but not the Senate, but the stakes…

NYRA Publishes Open Letter Demanding to Close Abusive Behavior Modification Facilities During COVID-19

NYRA Publishes Open Letter Demanding to Close Abusive Behavior Modification Facilities During COVID-19

Every year thousands of young people are sent against their will to facilities designed to control their behavior. This network of private residential programs is known collectively as the “Troubled Teen” Industry and are marketed to parents who feel like they need to change their child’s behavior. These services claim to fix anything the parent…

Chapter Spotlight: NYRA-NYU

Chapter Spotlight: NYRA-NYU

NYRA-NYU experienced a great increase in activity over the past few months and has held three successful events as well as being approved as a full NYU club for the 2011-2012 academic year. For National Youth Rights Day, the chapter held an event on campus titled “Activism 101”, which taught a group of interested students…

NYRA Presents the Youth Rights Progress award to Congressman George Miller

NYRA Presents the Youth Rights Progress award to Congressman George Miller

NYRA headed to Capitol Hill on October 13th and awarded Representative George Miller (D-CA) the Youth Rights Progress Award for his passage of H.R. 911 and his continued effort defending youth rights. H.R. 911 or the “Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009” essentially requires residential programs/centers to disclose information related…