She is then sent to a school for troubled girls where it is hoped she will receive the help she needs to move forward.

Cook is a mainstay of the troubled teen industry, which is made up of a network of boarding schools, wilderness camps and ranches for children struggling with behavioral issues. The industry has ...

Jenny Pentland was sent to a series of reform schools, psychiatric institutions ... years she spent in and out of various facilities for troubled teens in the '80s and '90s.