‘Welcome to hell': Kids allege physical, sexual abuse at Missouri treatment center 12.7%
STLPR - By Luke Nozicka - 6/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 27.9% - Anecdotal 17.7% - Self-Serving Bias 14.4%
When Taylor Kiesel arrived at Change Academy at Lake of the Ozarks, a youth residential treatment center in Missouri, another student cautioned her. “Welcome to hell,” the kid said. Kiesel, then 16, soon learned why. She and other former students said staff at the center, known as Calo, neglected and assaulted the children and teenagers... more