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How Utah has let its many youth treatment centers off the hook by Curtis Gilbert, Jessica Miller and David Fuchs  It started as a routine police call. In June 2018, a 17-year-old girl living at a treatment center for troubled teens had hit a staff member in the face during a therapy session involving horses. But when deputies arrived at the small ranch in southwest Utah, staff said the suspect was waiting "in the trough." Confused, the deputies walked back to the corral. There they found a girl sitting in a tub of dirty water up to her torso. When the girl stood, they saw her hands were zip-tied behind her back. One deputy yelled for a staffer to get her out of the water, according to the police report. Another cut her loose. The discovery led to investigations by law enforcement, child welfare workers and Utah’s Office of Licensing, the regulatory body that oversees youth treatment centers. They found that this wasn’t the act of a rogue employee. The facility had used the horse trough as a form of “therapeutic discipline” for three years, according to state records. ▻ Read the story Have you been tested for Covid-19? We want to hear from you. While the state and federal government have increased attention on Covid-19 vaccinations, epidemiologists say testing for Covid-19 has to be a priority to pinpoint an outbreak. APM Reports is interested in better understanding the types and costs of Covid-19 tests available across the country. Have you been tested? Have you received a bill or billing summary? Are you a business owner managing the costs of tests? Take The Survey Also from American Public Media  
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