Death at TRAILS Carolina Wilderness & Media Response

Death at TRAILS Carolina Wilderness & Media Response

This story is in progress and will receive additional updates with developing research. If you have a true understanding of the issues regarding the Troubled Teen Industry within the past few years this story frankly is nothing new. Should you have a more broad understanding going further into its history then this unfortunate, tragic incident…

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…