PRISONERS
OF PROFIT
ACLU joined with another juvenile
rights group to sue the state for
its treatment of inmates at Dozier
and two other facilities.
According to the lawsuit,
guards hog-tied children, forcing
them to lay on their stomachs on
concrete slabs for hours at a time
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pologists from the University of
South Florida have identified an
estimated 50 unmarked graves on
the school’s site.
Under a consent decree in
1987, the state agreed to reforms,
including a promise to transition toward smaller facilities
“How many people got hurt? Are kids learning
anything? Any of the things that a parent
would care about, or that a taxpayer ought to
care about, are not at the heart of this stuff.”
while their hands and feet were
bound behind them in shackles
and handcuffs. The state rarely
screened youth for psychological
problems when they arrived, effectively abandoning those who
were developmentally disabled or
suffering from mental illness.
To this day, former Dozier inmates continue to push state la [