Ray Watford spent more than a year at Florida’s Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in the 1960s, where boys who were often guilty of no more than truancy were subject to horrific abuse. Here, ...

Florida’s dark history of abuse, neglect and systemic cruelty is not solely a Black narrative. It is a human tragedy. While “Nickel Boys” captures the unique horrors endured by African American youth ...

Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. The men and their allies have ... Read: Unveiling The Dark History Of Florida’s Most Notorious Serial Killers Charles Fudge, Ralph Freeman and James ...

Vulnerable boys, many of whom were simply poor, unwanted, were subjected to abuse, beatings, solitary confinement, and horrific conditions ...

A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, a town roughly 60 miles west ... Survivors of abuse at Florida School for Boys reflect on finally being able to apply for compensation Survivors of abuse ...

“Nickel Boys,’’ has earned two Oscar nominations – for best picture and adapted screen-play. The movie is based on Colson ...

Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state ...

Last spring, the Florida legislature passed ... He was born in Marianna and grew up in Graceville and Tampa. He was in the Dozier School from January 1967 until May 1968. Send letters to the ...