Facility profile Texas
Cypress Creek
Cypress Creek is a program in Houston, Texas, operated by Universal Health Services (UHS).
About Cypress Creek
Also drawn on: Psychiatric Solutions 10-K FY2009, properties table, 2010.
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Timeline
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1995
Youth Services International began running it
It ran the program until 1997.
1997
Correctional Services Corporation took it over from Youth Services International
It ran the program until 2003.
2003
Correctional Services Corporation stopped running it
2005
Youth Services International: Sold by GEO Group to a company owned by former CSC CEO James Slattery
Correctional Services Corporation and Youth Services International ran Cypress Creek on either side of the deal.
Youth Services International: Sold by GEO Group to a company owned by former CSC CEO James Slattery November 2005
On completing its purchase of CSC, The GEO Group sold Youth Services International for $3.75 million to a newly formed company owned by James F. Slattery, CSC's former chief executive officer.
2010
Universal Health Services (UHS): Bought Psychiatric Solutions, adding its 94 behavioral health facilities
Psychiatric Solutions Inc and Universal Health Services ran Cypress Creek on either side of the deal.
Universal Health Services (UHS): Bought Psychiatric Solutions, adding its 94 behavioral health facilities November 15, 2010
UHS announced the deal on May 17, 2010, paying $2 billion in cash and taking on $1.1 billion of PSI debt. It completed the acquisition on November 15, 2010. After closing UHS ran 25 acute care hospitals and 102 behavioral health facilities and schools, and PSI brought 94 facilities. ProPublica reported that the combined company would be the largest US operator of inpatient psychiatric care.
News coverage
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Jail death of teen is ruled natural
An archival report from the Tampa Bay Times indicates that the death of a teenager in a detention facility was officially ruled to be from natural causes. The article contains brief archival notices and navigation information.
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Ownership
- Correctional Services Corporation
- Rite of Passage, Inc
- Youth Services International
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