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Paris Hilton Advocates for Teens Removed from Jamaican Youth Program After Her Own Boarding School Experience

Paris Hilton, 43, was among the speakers at a press conference addressing the issues with Atlantis Leadership Academy in Treasure Beach, and the larger issue of foreign and domestic troubled teen programs.

The entrepreneur mom, 43, traveled to Treasure Beach, Jamaica, on April 3 for a press conference addressing the seven American boys who have been held in the custody of the Jamaican Child Protection and Family Services Agency. In 2021, Hilton called on President Joe Biden and Congress to enact reform for youth in congregate care and behavior-modification programs, as she detailed her experiences in the system for an op-ed published by the Washington Post. Every child placed in these facilities should have a right to a safe, humane environment, free from threats and practices of solitary confinement, and physical or chemical restraint at the whim of staff," Hilton wrote.

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