Severe reports

The most serious findings in the state inspection reports we hold: deaths, sexual and physical abuse, restraints that injured a child, suicide attempts, medical neglect and hospitalisations. Every quote below is the licensing agency's own wording, and each one was read against its report by a person before it was listed here.

Region V BOCES (C-V) WY

Allegations of Inhumane Treatment on or about July 2025, in that a student with a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) was allegedly placed in seclusion for weeks and instructed to use a bucket with a trash bag as a toilet.

A youth reportedly took hand sanitizer from a teacher's desk and ingested an unknown quantity, leading to an emergency room visit.

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Chapter 3, Section 23 Child and Family (Parent, Guardian) Rights; Chapter 3, Section 18 Facility Health and Safety Requirements.

Region V BOCES (C-V) WY

Inspected December 4, 2024 Sexual abuse

The organization Allegation: allegedly conducted their own investigation of the sexual abuse and stated the guth was tying about the allegation

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Section 3 Abuse and/or Neglect Reporting; Section 4 Critical Incident and Incident Reporting.

Meadowlark Academy WY

Inspected August 19, 2024 Physical abuse or assault

It was reported that a youth stated staff pushed him into a dresser on 6-27-2024, however it was not Reported reported to DFS until 7-2-2024 .

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Chapter 3, Section 3 Abuse and/or Neglect Reporting.

Northwest Wyoming BOCES WY

Inspected July 23, 2024 Restraint or seclusion causing injury

It is alleged that on July 8", 2024, an organization's staff, used an unapproved physical restraint technique, resulting ina physical strike to the youth, causing a Aliegation: bruise.

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Chapter 3, Section 25 Emergency Safety Intervention; Chapter 3, Section 23 Child and Family (Parent, Guardian) Rights; Chapter 3, Section 24 Disciptine.

Meadowlark Academy WY

Inspected April 4, 2024 Sexual abuse

The report states that | Reported the staff member has used sexually inappropriate comments that make outh feel uncomfortable. oases, [resem [rinding: [

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Chapter 3, Section 23 Child and Family (Parent, Guardian) Rights.

Region V BOCES (C-V) WY

Inspected January 18, 2024 Physical abuse or assault

It was reported by staff, it was the concern of administration, that another staff was believed to have choked a youth during a restraint. cinding: |

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Chapter 3, Section 3 Abuse and/or Neglect Reporting.

Region V BOCES (C-V) WY

Inspected November 7, 2023 Physical abuse or assault

It is alleged that an organization staff member used and unapproved restraintAtransport technique, dragging a youth on the floor to a timeout room.

From the state's report. Evidence supports non-compliance, DFS notice. Cited: Section 25 Emergency Safety Interventions; Section 23 Child and Family Rights.

How a report gets on this page

A program reads every inspection report we collect and picks out findings that describe serious harm, using the state's own severity rating or complaint outcome where there is one. A person then reads the report and approves or rejects each one. Only findings the state substantiated are listed: a citation, or a complaint the investigator upheld. A child running away is listed only when it ended in a death or a serious injury. This page is not complete: it covers the states and reports reviewed so far, and a facility's absence here says nothing about its record. Every report we hold, flagged or not, is on the state trackers.