Friday, February 6, 2015

'Rape dungeon' and students hunted down and killed as they tried to escape: Report details a century of horrific abuse at notorious Florida reform school

  • University of South Florida researchers have found the remains of 51 people buried at Arthur G. Dozier School in Marianna, Florida 
  • The reform school was in operation between 1900 and 2011  
  • A 6-year-old boy ended up dead after being sent to work as a house boy, and another boy was found shot to death after escape attempt 
  • To date, the remains of four people have been identified through DNA matches 
  • Former inmates and employees talked about a 'rape dungeon' where boys, some younger than 12, were sexually assaulted
  • Some ex-Dozier inmates call themselves 'The White House Boys' after the white building where the worst abuse happened  

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