The American version of Brat Camp was cancelled after its one-season run, but is being aired in Canada on Slice as of early 2007.

In series one of Brat Camp, the teenagers are enrolled at RedCliff Ascent, a wilderness therapy program based in the town of Enterprise, Utah.

Upon arrival, the team is blindfolded and then driven out to Escalante Desert[1] they spend weeks hiking up various mountains in this region.

RedCliff Ascent was asked to be featured in a second round of Brat Camp, but declined when it became obvious that the next season would require tougher kids and increased drama.

The fourth series that followed a girls-only group, Family Brat Camp, aired from 4 October 2006, and brings along the parents of the four children to make them take responsibility for their kids' behaviour at the SUWS wilderness program in Idaho.

An influential children's charity, Barnardo's, expressed concerns that the TV show sends a message to parents that a short period of "tough love" can resolve any problems.

[15] The show also received some criticism for an incident in which a young woman was forced to strip to their underwear and then made to have a cavity search, the initial stages of which were implied but not shown.