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The Senate is expected to pass the bill in the coming days. It would set up a process for victims who were abused by school personnel decades ago to apply for compensation.

The ceremony came more than five years after state lawmakers issued an apology to the victims and to the families of dozens of the boys who died of abuse.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The purpose of a new exhibit in Tallahassee all month long is to bring that awareness home in particularly…

A bill allowing certain Florida officials to make announced and unannounced visits to the state’s juvenile justice facilities is now heading to the House…

Unless Florida lawmakers act, an organization created to aid in the efforts of Florida’s Guardian ad Litem program is set to expire later this year. About…

In the coming weeks, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice will be putting the finishing touches on a newly created office where juveniles and their…

Florida’s Guardian ad Litem program is asking the legislature for funding to reimburse its volunteers, who travel hundreds of miles for the abused and…

Florida lawmakers are expected next week to hold committee hearings about the Miami Herald’s investigative series into the Department of Juvenile Justice.…

Florida lawmakers are expected to soon take a deeper look into the Miami Herald investigative series, which detailed abuses within the state’s juvenile…

The head of Florida’s juvenile justice system says a Miami Herald investigation detailing abuses within detention facilities does not tell the full story.…