Utah treatment centers would face limits on use of restraints, drugs, isolation rooms under new bill

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255.Today in Utah, teens in treatment can be locked in a room for hours, forced to sit in uncomfortable positions, drugged or physically held down as a form of punishment. When this happens, there’s often not a record of it.Utah Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, wants to change that. He introduced a bill Monda