Tyler Kingkade
National Reporter
I am an award-winning investigative and enterprise reporter for NBC News based in Los Angeles. I mostly focus on covering various forms of abuse and mistreatment of young people, particularly in residential treatment facilities and mental health programs. I also cover cultural conflicts in which national political issues play out at a local level.
I am an award-winning investigative and enterprise reporter for NBC News based in Los Angeles. I mostly focus on covering various forms of abuse and mistreatment of young people, particularly in residential treatment facilities and mental health programs. I also cover cultural conflicts in which national political issues play out at a local level.
Latest from Tyler Kingkade
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas
An 824-page file details an officer’s attempt to prosecute librarians in Granbury, Texas, amid a nationwide battle over the books children are allowed to read.
Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
In an interview with NBC News, Ryan Walters discussed his new Bible instruction mandate and the consequences for Oklahoma teachers who don't comply.
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters orders schools to teach the Bible
Oklahoma will require schools to teach the Bible and have a copy in every classroom, the state’s top education official announced Thursday.
Death of 12-year-old at North Carolina camp for troubled youth ruled a homicide
The boy, who had been at Trails Carolina for less than 24 hours, died of asphyxiation in the one-person tent where he was required to sleep, an autopsy found.
Senate probes A Place for Mom, referral service accused of putting seniors at risk
A Place for Mom is under investigation by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, amid allegations the company misleads families and fails to fully vet facilities.
Residential treatment centers put profits ahead of children's safety, Senate report finds
Children in residential treatment facilities are at risk for sexual abuse, dangerous physical restraints and overmedication, a landmark Senate report reveals.
North Carolina will revoke license of wilderness camp where boy died
Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp for troubled adolescents where a 12-year-old boy died in February, is losing its license.
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too
The Satanic Temple is known for trolling conservatives. Now it's challenging the push to place chaplains in schools by vowing to send its own ministers.
American boys say they were beaten and starved at Jamaican school for troubled teens
Former students of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, along with parents and lawyers, describe rampant abuse. Five employees have been charged with child cruelty.
North Carolina report finds wilderness camp failed to ensure boy was breathing
Staff at Trails Carolina did not ensure that a 12-year-old boy was breathing during his first night at the facility, a state report found.
Staffers at a school for troubled teens in Jamaica arrested on charges of child abuse
Four employees of Atlantis Leadership Academy, an American-owned school in Jamaica, were arrested and charged amid abuse allegations from boys in their care.
