Dozier Reform School

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.

A bill to compensate victims of the Dozier and Okeechobee reform schools passed its first Senate committee meeting.

The bill (SB 288), filed by Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, would create a certification process for victims of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee.

Forensic experts plan to conduct a radar sweep of the grounds at a notorious Panhandle reform school where survivors remain convinced bodies of long-lost…

Researchers say they’re committed to continuing exploration of the grounds surrounding the now-shuttered Dozier School for Boys even after finding mostly…

Further investigations into the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys are scheduled to start next month. This comes after the new state budget recently…

With no traction in the Florida House, a bill aiming to help those who say they survived abuse at the infamous Dozier school for Boys appears to be dead.…

A bill opening the door to allow survivors of the infamous Dozier School for Boys to be later compensated unanimously passed its first committee Monday.…

A bill funding a unique facility to help solve cold cases is starting to move forward in the Florida House. The forensic training research facility would…

Funding for a first-of-its-kind facility did not survive the Governor’s veto pen. That’s despite being named for an abused victim of the now-closed Dozier…