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The parent company that owns Mesabi Academy - the juvenile treatment facility on the Iron Range that has been the subject of 

 - has decided to close the location. MPR News host Tom Weber talks with Curtis Gilbert and Tom Scheck from APM Reports about their investigative work around Mesabi and the results, which include St. Louis county officials reopening an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse at the facility. UCLA professor of social welfare, 

, discusses whether the problems at Mesabi Academy are felt nationwide, or if the situation is anomalous.

Two APM Reports investigative journalists talk about the latest developments surrounding allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct at Mesabi Academy, and an expert from UCLA discusses how treatment facilities across the country compare.

As Mesabi Academy begins its internal investigation, APM Reports journalists Tom Scheck and Curtis Gilbert delve deeper into further reports of abuse. The maltreatment of young people at Mesabi Academy may be the tip of the iceberg. They joined MPR News host Tom Weber and professor Laura Abrams to talk research that reveals widespread abuse of young people in similar facilities across the U.S. 5/31/16

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