162. St. John’s Military School

According to court documents former students claim that they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused while they attended this military school. More than 300 complaints were made. One of the former students even claimed that he had been branded.

It doesn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

• Factsheet about the school (Secret Prisons for Teens)
• St. John’s Military School – Violence Alleged (Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora)
• St. John’s Military School in Kansas hit with 339 abuse, hazing and branding complaints from students (My Daily News)

2020 update

The school decided to close down after the abuse became public and the lawsuits piled up.

Source:
About the school (Wikipedia)