‘Troubled' Girls Boarding School Closed for Endangering Patients: Authorities

The Re-Creation Retreat, a private boarding school in remote Arizona, was shut down Saturday for violations that “threaten the life, health and safety of the patients,” according to an order by the state health department. The closure, which can be appealed, comes less than two weeks after Inside Edition Digital published an online investigation of the private facility. Some former residents, who are now grown women, recalled their experiences there as teens to Inside Edition Digital’s Deborah Hastings. They said they were held against their will, denied contact with their parents, forced to perform manual labor, and forbidden to speak or to even look at anyone. They also alleged brainwashing and physical assaults.