Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions
- Posted on April 28, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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In brief
A comprehensive investigation reveals how for-profit institutional operators, previously focused on affluent teenagers attending strict boarding schools, have shifted their business model toward vulnerable adopted children. This troubling expansion exposes systemic gaps in regulatory oversight and raises serious concerns about the treatment and confinement of adoptees in commercial facilities designed primarily for profit maximization rather than child welfare.
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Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions
An Associated Press investigation finds that a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids.
