‘A culture of total control’: Trial examines inner workings of the Wyoming Boys’ School

Do you have questions about this story? Or information to share? Reach out to Maya Shimizu Harris at [email protected]. CASPER—Witness testimony during a trial this week in U.S. District Court paints a broader picture of the Wyoming Boys’ School’s environment at the time of a former resident’s allegations of abuse. “It was a culture of total control and domination, and really, not in any way responsive to the psychiatric situation of these kids,” said Stuart Grassian, a Massachusetts psychiatrist who reviewed documents, images and video of the school to provide an opinion about the nature of confinement at the facility and its likely effects on residents. His evaluation was based in part on a report from the national nonprofit Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators, which visited the school for a day in 2023 when Blaise Chivers-King, the former resident who is suing the school, was no longer at the facility.

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