Facility profile Alabama

Sequel TSI Montgomery

Also known as Brighter Path Montgomery

Unknown Montgomery, Alabama

Sequel TSI Montgomery is a program in Montgomery, Alabama, operated by Sequel TSI.

Lawsuits

  • Anna Claire Bates and Jane Doe v. Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC; Sequel TSI Holdings, LLC; Brighter Path Alabama, LLC (formerly Sequel TSI of Alabama); Sequel TSI of Auldern, LLC; and John Ripley 2023 | In progress | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (Southern Division) | 2:23-cv-01063

    Outcome: Partial motion to dismiss denied July 3, 2024 (all counts survive). Ripley's motion to dismiss the second amended complaint denied Oct. 14, 2025; his motion to certify an interlocutory appeal and stay denied Jan. 12, 2026. No settlement or class ruling seen on the docket.

    Two former residents brought a proposed class action under the federal anti-trafficking law, saying Sequel made children in its programs work without pay as cleaners and groundskeepers, under threat of punishment, to save on staff. Bates says that at Auldern Academy in North Carolina (2016-2017) students did campus labor and were punished with 'Refocus' (hauling rocks, restricted food, sleeping on the floor) and 'Non-com' isolation. Jane Doe says that at Sequel Montgomery (Dec. 2014-fall 2015) children who refused work were restrained, kept longer or locked in a closet-sized seclusion room, and that she was sexually abused by a male employee and later by a social worker. In July 2024 the court refused to dismiss any claim, finding the complaint plausibly alleged a company-wide scheme, and in 2025 it kept co-founder John Ripley in the case.

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News coverage

  • NBC News Dec 16, 2020 Expose

    Sequel Youth Facilities Face Abuse Allegations Amid Profit Claims

    The article reports that Sequel youth facilities have generated significant revenue while facing allegations of abuse toward children in their care. It highlights concerns about the facilities' operational practices and oversight mechanisms.

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Ownership

  • Alabama Department of Human Resources operates (current)
  • Sequel Youth and Family Services operated 2013-2021
  • Three Springs Inc. operated 2003-2009
  • Vivant Behavioral Healthcare operated 2021-2023

Documents

Documents on file (2)

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4 documents about Sequel TSI Montgomery that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their folders: Brighter Path - Montgomery, Sequel TSI - Montgomery.

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