Provo Canyon School Shut Down: Paris Hilton and Black Survivors Finally Heard

For decades, Black and brown children sent to Provo Canyon School were dismissed, silenced, and abused. Now the state of Utah has finally listened. On July 8, 2026, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services revoked the license of the Springville campus, ordering it to shut down by August 6 after repeated failures to meet health and safety standards. Paris Hilton, a survivor who spent 11 months at the facility as a teenager, celebrated the decision as a long overdue victory for truth and justice.

“For more than fifty years, children came forward with stories of abuse, neglect, and trauma,” Hilton told People. “Today, the state confirmed what survivors have known all along: Provo Canyon ‘