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NEWELL, S.D. – Representative Dusty Johnson paid a visit to Newell High School on Monday.

From The New Yorker: The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?

Troubling Treatment: Efforts are underway to reform teen behavioral programs   Chelsea Filer was 15 when her mother hired men to take her from her grandparents home to a teen treatment center in Ensenada, Mexico. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Filer. Chelsea Filer grew up in San Diego, the daughter of a single mother who worked late nights at an advertising agency. Filer was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as a child, and without much supervision as a teenager, she stopped ...