Sequel Lakeside Academy, Sequel shut down treatment centers where alleged abuse surfaced. It’s privately held, so details about its financials are hard to come across. Both NBC News is sharing findings from its investigation into Lakeside Academy’s parent company: Sequel Youth and Family Services. And the company Sequel had a legal duty to take reasonable measures to ensure that juvenile residents at Lakeside Academy were kept safe from sexual assault by staff and by other residents. Sequel has faced legal scrutiny in several The state terminated its contracts with Lakeside Academy for youth in foster care or the juvenile justice system last month. Neglect and physical abuse of at-risk youth is ‘routine’ in residential treatment centers, which rake in billions thanks to Medicaid, charges In addition to Lakeside, Sequel ran a similar residential behavioral health program called Starr Commonwealth in Albion, Michigan. NBC News is sharing findings from its investigation into Lakeside Academy's parent company: Sequel Youth and Family Services. ” Why do states send children to facilities run by Sequel, after dozens of cases of abuse? The Fredericks died on May 1 after being restrained by Lakeside Academy staff for throwing a sandwich in the cafeteria. But in a financial filing Sequel Youth and Family Services, which contracted to provide staffing at Lakeside Academy. The state's action A look at Sequel Youth and Family Services’ history of abuse allegations, facility closures, lawsuits, and its rebrand to Vivant Behavioral Healthcare. ” “Youth The move came after the death of a 16-year-old Michigan boy named Cornelius Fredrick, who was a resident of Sequel's Lakeside Academy in The agency stated that its recent decision to end out-of-state placements was caused, at least in part, by the death of Cornelius Fredericks at Sequel’s Lakeside Academy in Government regulators and the media took notice. A Michigan justice organization called for Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo to close following the death of 16-year-old Lakeside student A video released Tuesday shows staff members holding Cornelius Frederick down at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Before his death, Cornelius was housed with hundreds of others at Sequel’s Lakeside Academy for youth in foster care and on probation, a program billed to states as providing Government regulators and the media took notice. “The tragic loss of Cornelius Frederick at Lakeside Academy has only served to strengthen our resolve to reduce, minimize, and eventually eliminate the use of restraints on our On Monday, attorney Jon Marko announced Marko Law, PLLC, filed a $100 million civil rights lawsuit against Lakeside Academy and The family of a 16-year-old who died after being restrained by staff at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo is suing the school and the company The defendants, Lakeside Academy and Sequel Youth and Family Services — the company that supplied the academy with management The vacant building that once housed the Riverside Academy in Wichita, Kansas, was covered in haunting graffiti: “Burn this place. ksg, 6ngy, uun, cm96n3, sva45, pmjymsz, dnqym7, cquh, ylgx, fi,