Vivant Behavioral: Mingus Mountain Academy Failed to Help Troubled Girl; Facility Has Been Cited 70+ Times by State Health Regulators

January 14, 2025

PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ — Nestled in the mountains of Prescott Valley and hidden behind iron gates sits a behavioral health campus known as Mingus Mountain Academy.

“It’s time for people to know what’s going on behind these closed doors,” said Elinore Hilborn, who experienced life at the all-girls facility in 2020.

Elinore was sent to Mingus Mountain at the age of 17.

“I didn’t know if I was going to make it. I was really struggling,” she said.

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