Dark secrets of teen camp where Paris Hilton was sent are laid bare - including woman's agony about her vile nickname

A traumatized woman who attended the same troubled teen camp as Paris Hilton has claimed staffers shaved her head and called her 'Auschwitz' to mock her Jewish heritage.

Jen Robison, from Los Angeles, also alleged she was physically assaulted and placed in solitary confinement by workers at Provo Canyon School, Utah, when she was aged between 14 and 17.

The shocking claims are revealed in a new Max documentary, 'Teen Torture, Inc.', that lays bare the harrowing tales of abuse at Provo and other troubled teen camps across America.

Former attendees of various camps alleged that they were waterboarded, beaten and forcibly injected with drugs.

It comes just weeks after Hilton, who has spoken of her own trauma from her time in Provo, argued for more oversight of such programs at a congressional hearing.

Jen Robison (right) has campaigned alongside Paris Hilton to shut down Provo Canyon School, a camp for troubled teens where they both claim to have been subjected to abuse

Robison claimed she was physically abused and subjected to anti-Semitic slurs at the school in Utah (pictured) in a new documentary on Max, which started streaming on July 11

The actress has previously claimed she was sexually abused after being forced to undergo cervical exams performed by staff members in the early hours of the morning while attending the Utah school in the 1990s.

It has piled scrutiny on a multibillion dollar industry that is subject to minimal regulations and offers limited protections for the vulnerable teens who are often taken into programs against their will.

It is thought there are currently around 100,000 children in these camps, but the exact number is unclear because it is not tracked by the U.S. government.

Such programs are often a last resort for parents who cannot cope with children struggling with behavioral problems, but they are thought to be gobbling up an estimated $23billion a year.

The Max documentary, which began streaming on July 11, follows Robison as she attempts to piece her life back together with her partner and young daughter at their home in southern Oregon.

Robison recalls her troubled childhood in California, in which she struggled with depression.

In 2003, aged 14, she tried to kill herself, prompting her parents to send her to Provo Canyon School.

Robison claims she was strip searched upon arrival and the oppressive atmosphere within the camp, in which pupils were not allowed to speak without permission, quickly led her to self-harm.

She alleged that staff members would forcibly inject her and other teens with Haldol - a medication used to treat schizophrenia and behavioral problems in children - once or twice a day, often triggering disturbing side effects such as lock jaw, drooling and muscle spasms.

One day, when Robison was too scared to get out of bed, she claims two staffers dragged her from the top bunk of a bunk bed, causing her body to slam on the floor below.

She recalls being dragged down the hallway by her ankles to an observation cell - a common practice at Provo in which children were kept in solitary isolation for hours and sometimes days, it is alleged.

Robison claims she was strip searched upon arrival at the school, which she revisited as part of the documentary

Paris Hilton testified on Capitol Hill about the devastating experience she suffered at Provo as she advocated for sweeping reforms to the foster and youth rehab system

The mother-of-two claimed that she was violated by staff performing 'medical examinations'

Robison later retells the shocking instance of alleged antisemitism.

'At Provo Canyon, I had this little punk haircut and so they shaved my head,' she said.

'When staff were calling for me over the radio, they had given me a nickname. Because it was in my file that I was coming from a Jewish family, they were calling me by Aushwitchz.'

In a statement to Max, Provo Canyon School denied using solitary confinement and said it is licensed by Utah’s Department of Health and Human Services. 

It also said that the program came under new ownership in 2000, so it can’t comment on the operations or student experience before that time - though Robison was first admitted in 2003.

The documentary also features rapper Danielle Bregoli, aka Bhad Bhabie, who spent six months at Turn-About Ranch in Utah.

Bregoli was at the camp in 2016 when 17-year-old pupil Clay Brewer murdered staffer James Woolsey, by striking him on the back of the head with a metal bar.

It was later revealed that, before the murder, Brewer had tried to kill himself by drinking bleach.

He was sentenced to five years to life in prison for the killing.

Rapper Danielle Bregolin, aka Bhad Bhabie, who spent six months at troubled teen camp Turn-About Ranch, Utah, also appears on the documentary

Bhabie, 21, from Boynton Beach, Florida, now has 16 million followers on Instagram 

Bhabie was sent to Turn-About after appearing on the Dr Phil Show alongside her mother, who was seeking help for her behavior. The camp was been endorsed by Dr Phil McGraw

Meanwhile, Allen Knoll describes being waterboarded at Bethel Boys Academy in Mississippi when he was a teenager at the facility.

He claims he was held down on the floor by a staffer while another dumped buckets of water over him.

'I thought I was going to die,' Knoll told the documentary.

The show also includes an interview with Esther Fountain, daughter of Herman Fountain, a founder of the Bethel Boys Academy.

Esther alleges her father repeatedly 'beat' the boys, describing Herman as a 'con artist' who could 'manipulate people and get away with it'.

Herman declined to comment for the documentary. 

Her claims are reminiscent of those made by Nathaniel Lichfield on a recent Netflix docuseries 'The Program', in which he calls his father and teen camp boss Narvin Lichfield 'a man with two faces'.

Nathaniel describes his father, who set up various troubled teen centers including ones in South Carolina and Costa Rica, as 'a funny guy' and 'charming person' who had a 'much darker side'.

Women who attended Narvin's school in South Carolina have alleged they suffered various forms of physical and psychological abuse.

Narvin has sued Netflix for defamation over allegations that his methods were abusive.

Allen Knoll alleges in the documentary that he was waterboarded at Bethel Boys Academy in Mississippi when he was a teenager at the facility

The documentary also includes an interview with Esther Fountain, daughter of Herman Fountain, a founder of the Bethel Boys Academy

Esther alleges her father repeatedly 'beat' the boys, describing Herman as a 'con artist' who could 'manipulate people and get away with it'. Herman declined to comment for the documentary.

In her congressional appearance last month, Hilton focused her testimony on eradicating abuse in youth treatment facilities.

She urged for the reauthorization and reform of Title IV-B - which offers funding to states for community-based, prevention-oriented programs to support family reunification and permanency for children in foster care.

The program expired in 2021 and Congress has been looking at ways to modernize it.

Hilton highlighted the story of 16-year-old Cornelius Fredericks, who entered youth facility Lakeside Academy after his mother died and his dad was in prison. Fredericks died after he was pinned down by facility workers for throwing a sandwich in April 2020. Two workers were convicted of involuntary manslaughter over the incident.

'The state could have prevented this,' Hilton said.

She also spoke of her own devastating experiences at Provo Canyon School.

'When I was 16 years old, I was ripped from my bed in the middle of night and transported across state lines to the first of four residential facilities,' Hilton told the House Ways and Means Committee.

'For two years I was force-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff. I was violently restrained ... stripped naked, thrown in solitary confinement,' the Hilton hotels heiress went on.

She said her parents had been 'completely manipulated' by the facilities and were unaware of the treatment she was enduring. In the past she's said her parents had been 'conned' into believe her ADD could be fixed with 'tough love.'