U.S. Dept. of Justice held a community meeting with former inmates and their families to talk about civil rights violations at Lowell Correctional Institution.
State Sen. Perry Thurston Jr. and Gordon Weekes, who is in charge of the juvenile division of the Broward Public Defender’s Office, react to the conditions inside Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
A counselor at Broward Girls Academy allegedly engaged in sex repeatedly with Bridget Hester's daughter. When the employee moved on, the daughter carjacked a vehicle to confront the counselor. The teen went to prison. Her mom asks, "Where's the ju
A look at the "fight club" culture inside Florida's juvenile justice system, where staffers sometimes employ harsh takedowns, ignore abuse and offer snacks as bribes for beatdowns — known as "honey-bunning."
Despite recurring tragedies, Christina K. Daly believes the Department of Juvenile Justice has improved its medical procedures. She says some detainees when they come in haven't seen a doctor in years.
Cameras at the Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center show the fatal beating of 17-year-old Elord Revolte from two angles. He ends up in a heap on the floor after more than a dozen boys, without warning, punched and stomped him for more tha
Andrew Ostrovsky went for a drive in his father's car without permission. A detention officer at the Broward lockup beat him up and broke his nose. The kid was locked up. The grown-up went home.
The "White House Boys" were youths — now mature men — who endured horrible abuse at the Dozier reform school, Florida's first juvenile justice institution. Decades later, the state apologized.
Andre Sheffield ached, trembled, limped and finally defecated on himself at the Brevard juvenile lockup. Nobody paid him much mind — until he died of bacterial meningitis.
Mary Ables was stunned when the state attorney showed her footage of her son, Rashad, being thrashed in a closet while two staffers at Palm Beach Juvenile Correctional Facility stood by impassively. Both were arrested.
This youth says he was beaten up by two fellow detainees at the Miami lockup after exchanging harsh words with an officer. Afterward, the attackers were eating honey buns available only from the staff vending machines. A friend told him: "You know
A youth is tossed violently into a metal table at an Okaloosa County residential program. He sustained an injury that required removal of a kidney. As he writhed, a staffer asked if he was now calm.
Martin Lee Anderson, 14, is fatally manhandled at Bay County Boot Camp as a nurse watches. After he was unable to run a track, he endured punches, knee jabs and “pressure points,” and died from having ammonia capsules jammed up his nose.
In a video that is speeded up to compress the elapsed time, youths gang up on a small detainee, alternately jabbing him, throwing his shirt into the garbage, shoving it in their pants, then forcing it over his head. A staffer watches impassively.
