05/03/13
"The confluence of [Bartow High School's] insistence on a zero-tolerance
interpretation of their code of conduct and [Assistant State Attorney] Glotfelty's
decision to criminalize [16-year old Kiera] Wilmot for a
harmless mistake powerfully illustrates the absurdity of these
inflexible approaches to school discipline." [complete
article]
04/13/13 Dozier: "But no
matter how many tell of being tortured at the Florida School for
Boys, no matter how similar their stories or how many old
newspaper clippings support their claims, some residents here
refuse to believe them." [complete
article]
03/27/13 Dozier:
"Growing up, it was always known that you don't want to
misbehave because you don't want to end up at the Marianna boys
school," [Sen. Bill] Nelson said, recalling trips through
town to visit his grandparents. "Now there are a lot of
questions we want answers to." [complete
article]
03/25/13 "Juvenile crime
has declined 28 percent in Highlands County during the past four
years. The question is why."[complete
article]
01/13/13 “If you think you
do something at 15, it’s no big deal. Let me tell you … it can
be a very big deal,” said Barbara Gerlock, chairwoman of the
Circuit 15 Juvenile Justice Board. “You may have consequences
that will stay with you for the rest of your life.” [complete
article]
12/13/12 "[Sen. Bill] Nelson, D-Fla., sent a
letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
after the USF team released a report
on Monday saying it had found 50 grave shafts on [Dozier]
property, 19 more than Florida Department of Law Enforcement
investigators found..."
[complete
article]
10/12/12 "New
evidence unearthed by researchers at the University of South
Florida may shed light on where...dozens of other boys who died
in state custody are buried... [complete
article]
07/14/12 Zero Tolerance:
“[S]tudents who misbehave in school, doing things that are
not a threat to public safety, ...arrested and punished in the
same way as those students who constitute actual safety threats.
This practice [funnels] many future contributing members of our
society into juvenile facilities while perpetuating the
marginalization of our nation’s most at-risk students.” [complete
article]
07/21/11 In teen’s death, lack of money is
no excuse for lack of caring The only accurate diagnosis may
have come from [Justice4Kids Cathy] Corry. “The staff didn’t
care.” She was referring to the Eric Perez death, but the tragic
underpinnings of both cases [Omar Paisley 2003] seem sadly
interchangeable. [complete
text]
10/06/08
"If you believe that your child has been harmed while in the
care of the Department, we will be happy to review the case."-
John Walsh, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. [Click
here to read the complete message.]
If you're not outraged, you're not
paying attention!
"We will establish and maintain safe
programs for youth that will better prepare them for adulthood."
~DJJ Mission
Statement
07/14/08
Don't Talk to Police!?Justice4Kids.org received a link to a
video presentation by
Our
mission is to give voice to all who participate in Florida’s
juvenile justice system: a voice
for
children, parents, and staff. Our goal
is to use that voice to make the system better; to transform it into a
service in which the entire community can be proud. TOGETHER, we make a
difference!
FDLE
sells "confidential" juvenile arrest records on-line.
