{"id":17357,"date":"2020-11-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=1b13e3b194031bcf8e1a4cdf33ba93d1"},"modified":"2020-11-21T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T05:00:00","slug":"the-bad-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/11\/21\/the-bad-place\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bad Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The vacant building that once housed the Riverside Academy in Wichita, Kansas, was covered in haunting graffiti: \u201cBurn this place.\u201d \u201cYouth were abused here \u2026 systematically.\u201d \u201cThis is a bad place.\u201d The facility, run by the for-profit company Sequel Youth & Family Services, promised to help kids with behavioral problems. But state officials had cited the facility dozens of times for problems including excessive force by staff, poor supervision and neglect.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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