Over recent years, reality TV star and mum-of-two Paris Hilton lobbied relentlessly to protect children taken to private, residential 'treatment centres', urging legislators to regulate them16:32, 19 Jul 2026Paris Hilton has revealed she feels 'at peace for the first time in a very long time' after the school where she claims to have been abused is finally shut down. The reality TV star, who now shares two toddlers, Phoenix and London, with her entrepreneur husband, Carter Reum, has rallied to get the Provo Canyon School investigated. The school had its license revoked earlier this month, with Utah state regulators citing unnecessary restraint, aggressive physical contact and instances of neglect as some of the noncompliance issues going back to 2025.The Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said that the institution had "failed to provide applicable health and safety services for clients". All services at the campus must be terminated by August 6.Now, the school has 15 days to appeal the decision, which they are considering. The Good Life star even testified against the institution before a House committee, and has gone on to continue to advocate for 'troubled' teens who are sent to such facilities. Mum-of-two Paris shared her relief on Instagram on Saturday; however, the closure doesn't relate to the incidents Paris alleged she endured while attending the school.She wrote: "I’ve been waiting to write this post since I was 17 years old. Provo Canyon School is shut down. BOTH campuses. Forever. Since I was a teenager, I’ve had severe nightmares about that place. I dreamed of the day I could stand outside those gates and say that no child would ever have to suffer there again."When I stood outside Provo Canyon School in 2020, they covered the windows so the children inside couldn’t see that survivors and I were outside fighting for them. They thought they could hide the truth. They were wrong."Provo Canyon School really messed with the wrong girl, and with thousands of survivors who refused to stay silent for decades about what we all endured. This victory belongs to every survivor who told their story, every family who demanded accountability, every advocate who never gave up, and every person who believed us when so many didn’t."Today, for the first time in a very long time, I feel something I never thought I would: Peace. But my fight isn’t over. Children are still being abused in facilities across our country. If you are hurting children, know this: we are coming. We are not backing down, and we will not stop until every child is safe."To every survivor of PCS: We did it. I’m so proud to be the hero I needed when I was a little girl." The socialite and former 2000s party girl appeared before the Utah State Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee in 2021. She alleged former members of staff at Provo Canyon School subjected her to "verbal, physical and mental abuse" during her time there.She also claimed students were "restrained, hit, thrown into walls, strangled and sexually abused regularly". The star lobbied for a bill to regulate such institutions in Utah.Provo Canyon School first opened in 1971 and was sold in August 2000 by its previous owner, Charter Behavioural Health Systems, to Universal Health Services (UHS). There was no suggestion that the new owners were responsible for any allegations of historic abuse, with UHS stating that they "cannot comment on the operations or patient experience prior to that time."They added: "We are committed to providing high-quality care to youth with special, and often complex, emotional, behavioural and psychiatric needs."They previously told the Mirror: "We do not condone or promote any form of abuse. Any and all alleged/suspected abuse is reported to our state regulatory authorities, law enforcement and Child Protective Services immediately as required."The new school and staff said that they did not use solitary confinement as a "form of intervention" or prescribe "any drug medication as a means of discipline."Speaking in court at the time, Hilton said: "My name is Paris Hilton, I am an institutional abuse survivor, and I speak today on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of children currently in residential care facilities across the United States."She went on to allege: "For the past 20 years, I have had a recurring nightmare where I'm kidnapped in the middle of the night by two strangers, strip-searched, and locked in a facility. I wish I could tell you that this haunting nightmare was just a dream, but it is not."She continued: "I was verbally, mentally and physically abused on a daily basis. I was cut off from the outside world and stripped of all my human rights."Without a diagnosis, I was forced to consume medication that made me feel numb and exhausted. I didn't breathe fresh air or see the sunlight for 11 months."There was zero privacy - every time I would use the bathroom or take a shower, it was monitored. At 16 years old - as a child - I felt their piercing eyes staring at my naked body. I was just a kid and felt violated every single day."She went on to allege that one staff member would "brag to other students that she was the one who broke Paris Hilton." Ms Hilton emphasised that she wants to "shine a light on the reality of what happened and is still happening now [at other institutions]."Article continues belowLike this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.