KW Legacy Ranch

Incidents on record

1. 2013 Death

   Several survivors report a teen died around 2013 due to neglect while enrolled; unconfirmed, though an obituary for a 17-year-old who died February 26, 2013 matches the reported date.source

2. 2020 Restraint

   A survivor reports being shoved to the floor by staff multiple times in one day while playing basketball and seeing it happen to others.source

3. Reported December 2025 Incident

   A survivor review alleges the owner broke girls' bones and paid off families of students who died at the program; the page presents it as one review's claim.source

4. Reported December 2025 Abuse

   Survivors report punishments including Contemplation (boots and belt removed, sitting outside for days), Canyon, and silent group walking for 6-12 hours.source

5. Reported December 2025 Death

   A survivor review reports a former resident later died by suicide, another died of heart failure, and another ran away and was badly hurt by a car.source

6. Reported December 2025 Abuse

   Survivors report isolation, forced labor, food restriction, violent restraints, bathroom denial, medical neglect and verbal and emotional abuse.source

7. Reported December 2025 Abuse

   Survivors report new arrivals are made to sit on a stump for 15 hours a day at a place called the Canyon, sleep in a tent with one blanket, and are given a can of raw spam for food.source

Staff

Administration

• Yancy Whipple

  Founder; Director of Business Development, Director of Business Development (2012-2025, r/troubledteens wiki)source

  Elsewhere in the industry

  • Turn-About Ranch Admissions Director, before 2012

• Ryan Hatch

  Program Director, Line staff (2012, r/troubledteens wiki)source

• Luke Hatch

  Co-Founder, Executive Director and Clinical Director, Founder; Executive Director and Clinical Director, Executive Director and Clinical Director (2010-2025, r/troubledteens wiki)source

  Elsewhere in the industry

  • Copper Hills Youth Center Staff, 2004
  • Turn-About Ranch Executive Director and Clinical Director, Executive Director, 2005-2010

Notable staff

• Adam Crawford

  Assistant Clinical Director (2025, r/troubledteens wiki)source

Licensing and inspections

Program

10849-PRTF-4

License category

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility

License expires

12/31/2026

Licensing action

Active

Phone on file

775-725-3900

Licensed address

4018 Oak Ln Hiko, NV 89017

4 inspection reports on file. Search all Nevada reports

Research notes

• Described as: Rehab center (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18))
• Address: 1760 NV-318, Hiko, NV 89017 (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18))
• Note: five-level system: Cub/Intro, Badger, Coyote, Wolf, Lion (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18))
• Note: claims non-denominational; survivors report LDS influence (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18))
• Length of stay: 12-18 months average (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18))
• Ages 12-17 (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18), source)
• Capacity: 21 (as of 2025) (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18), source)
• Serves: Co-ed (r/troubledteens wiki, page "KW Legacy Ranch" (as of 2025-12-18), source)

Wiki entries

• KW Legacy Ranch Hiko, NV | 2012-present