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<p><strong>ABOUT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN YOUTH SERVICES CENTER</strong></p> <p>Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center (LMYSC) is an intensive <strong>secure treatment program for high-risk juvenile males.</strong> This is one of the only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/CO16.pdf" target="_blank">140 (35.1 percent)</a> treatment facilities with <strong><a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/is-my-child-just-experimenting/" target="_blank">adolescent-focused programming</a></strong> in the state. All residents are referred by the District Court to LMYSC, which is under the control of the Department of Youth Services (DYS). </p> <p>Residents live at the facility under secured conditions. While this is not a substance use treatment facility, <strong>more than 50 percent of referrals have a substance use disorder,</strong> and up to 75 percent struggle with mental health disorders, most commonly PTSD, mood disorders, and ADHD.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The facility's philosophy is based on the principle of <strong>restorative community justice (RCJ),</strong> which aims to promote accountability and respond to conflict and wrongdoing by making things as right as possible for those impacted. Beyond RCJ, programming is built on <strong>cognitive behavioral techniques and social learning,</strong> and uses a multidisciplinary approach to put together individualized treatment plans that are reviewed at regular intervals. </p> <p>In addition to treatment for problematic substance use, family issues, mental health disorders, and matters specific to criminal offenses, the center provides <strong>academic programming,</strong> programs for careers in technology, recreational activities, and medical and dental care, as well as <strong>spiritual and pastoral support</strong> with a Christian bent, provided through affiliated groups.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its treatment staff; however, the single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility five out of five stars for its staff's level of training and experience.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Up to <strong>130 juvenile males</strong> live at this facility at any one time. At the beginning of treatment, residents may receive one visitor per month; this number increases as clients progress through treatment. LMYSC is based on a large campus with plenty of open green space, surrounded by mountains. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility five out of five stars for its exercise and leisure offerings, four stars for its cleanliness and its meals, but just one star for its accommodations overall.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date would recommend this facility. "The classes and recovery are the best I have been to," the anonymous reviewer wrote, despite adding that the staff could at times be "power happy." The alum gave the facility five stars for its family participation and counseling options, four stars for its ability to treat <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring disorders,</a> and two stars for its holistic offerings. </p> <p>At the time of this writing, the center had a 2.9 out of five-star average rating from seven Google users.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> The commentary that accompanied these <strong>mixed reviews</strong> was contradictory: "They do a good job," one five-star reviewer wrote. "They have very mean guard and they don't care about anyone but them self's. and they treat the inmates like crap," one of the one-star reviewers added, in the only other substantive piece of commentary.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided on the facility's website regarding its costs.</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong></p> <p>Colorado's Department of Youth Services (DYS) and LMYSC have made numerous headlines in recent years. In 2014, <a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/4-teen-escapees-from-lookout-mountain-youth-correctional-facility-captured-in-wheat-ridge" target="_blank">The Denver Channel reported</a> that four residents of LMYSC had escaped after attacking a staff member with a rock. Rehabs.com was unable to find a staff comment on this incident at the time of this writing. </p> <p>In March 2017, <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/02/colorado-juvenile-corrections-investigation/" target="_blank">the Denver Post reported</a> that DYS (which operates LMYSC alongside numerous similar juvenile facilities in Colorado) was suffering from a "culture of violence." "Youths locked up in Colorado’s juvenile corrections system are isolated for hours in tiny, barren rooms, wrapped in full-body straitjackets, and subdued with 'knee strikes' and other pain-compliance techniques that have ended with rug burns, according to a detailed investigation released Thursday," the article read, before continuing: "Division of Youth Corrections director Anders Jacobson called the report 'inflammatory' and said he already is taking steps to cut back on use of force and seclusion." The article also noted that DYS had one staff person per 11 youths — fewer staff than the federal requirement of one staff member per eight youth. </p> <p>In May 2017, <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/11/reform-division-of-youth-corrections/" target="_blank">the Denver Post reported</a> that the state legislature had passed a bill calling for "wide-ranging reform within Colorado’s 10 youth corrections centers," including an independent review of the centers. In that article, Jacobson is quoted as saying: "We are very excited with where we are headed and the things that we have already accomplished."</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/sZAsDs" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2018-09-09 05:16:50 PDT
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