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Paris Hilton\u2019s YouTube documentary, <\/span>This is Paris<\/span><\/i>, was far more than just a branding exercise for the 39-year-old heiress. Though she hadn’t initially planned to include this part of her story, it ultimately became a place for her to speak publicly for the first time about the abuse she alleges she suffered during her time at Provo Canyon School in Utah. Speaking alongside others who attended the \u2018reform school\u2019 at the same time as her, Hilton revealed that students were subject to physical, emotional and sexual abuse, forced to take medication and subjected to solitary confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n Hilton detailed being taken screaming from her bed by two men in the middle of the night and transported to Provo Canyon School, where she stayed for a year until she turned 18. She says that because of her time there, she still suffers from recurring nightmares, trust issues and PTSD. At the time of the documentary, another survivor said that Hilton is one of \u201cmany\u201d celebrities who attended similar schools, but that Hilton is the first to speak publicly about her experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now, Paris Jackson has joined Drew Barrymore in adding her name to the list of survivors of one of the USA\u2019s many reform schools, saying that she was \u2018a girl who went to behaviour modification “boarding school” for almost two years as a teenager.’\u00a0<\/span> Jackson wrote on her Instagram stories that she has been ‘diagnosed with PTSD\u2019 as a result of attending the Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah and that she continues ‘to have nightmares and trust issues.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-948446106.jpg?w=939\")