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April 21st, 2021
By Ty Ross
Missouri, home of the St. Louis arc, Mizzou University Men’s Basketball and Superbowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, is also home to something more infamous – reform schools with ties to religious groups.
As one of 17 states that gives religious boarding schools exemption from licensing, Missouri has at least a dozen such schools operating in the state. That we know about, anyway. Schools that specialize in straightening out young teens sent to there, from all across the country, by parents who are fed up with their child’s wild and self-destructive behavior. Getting them back on the straight and narrow with a mix of tough love and discipline. But unfortunately, what happened next, is a parent’s worst nightmare.