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Florida School for Boys

Closed Marianna, Florida

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Address: Marianna, FL
Type: Juvenile Detention Facility
Serves: Male

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Florida School for Boys was a juvenile detention facility in Marianna, Florida.

About Florida School for Boys

Also drawn on: CNN, "Boy missing since 1940 ID’d at Florida’s boys school".

News coverage

Lake Okeechobee News Jul 15, 2020 Closure

OYDC closure brings an end to troubled history

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice announced the upcoming closure of the Okeechobee Youth Development Center, concluding a 60-year operational history marked by documented allegations of physical punishment and severe conditions dating back to its origins as the Florida School for Boys. Over the decades, the facility underwent multiple ownership changes and privatization transitions before the state decided against renewing its operating contract.
CNN Aug 7, 2014 Event

Boy missing since 1940 ID’d at Florida’s boys school

A DNA match identified a male individual who had been missing since 1940 at the former Florida School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. The identification provides closure for the case of the long‑unresolved disappearance.

Reporting this program

This program closed, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Florida reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.

About Florida School for Boys

News coverage

OYDC closure brings an end to troubled history

Boy missing since 1940 ID’d at Florida’s boys school

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