Florida Senate apologizes for abuse, deaths at reform school
Source: Reuters
The Florida Senate formally apologized on Wednesday to victims who suffered brutality, sexual abuse and even death after being sent as boys to a reform school with a history of troubles long denied by the state.
The infamous site, which opened in 1900 in Marianna as the Florida State Reform School and was later named the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, closed in 2011.
From its early days, the school was plagued by allegations of abuse. Senator Darryl Rouson, a Democrat who introduced the resolution expressing official regret and apology, said the state conducted six investigations in the school's first 13 years after "reports of children being chained to walls in irons, severely beaten and used for child labor.”
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The Florida House of Representatives passed a similar resolution last week. Neither chamber is currently considering offering compensation to the victims, local media reported.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-apology-idUSKBN17S2ZE
U.S. | Wed Apr 26, 2017 | 5:37pm EDT
By Bernie Woodall | FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.
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