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Pahokee Youth Development Center

Closed Pahokee, Florida

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Address: Pahokee, FL
Type: Juvenile Correctional Facility
Operator: James F. Slattery's company

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Pahokee Youth Development Center was a juvenile correctional facility in Pahokee, Florida, operated by James F. Slattery's company.

News coverage

The Huffington Post Oct 22, 2013 Corporate

Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

An investigative report examining private, for-profit juvenile correctional facilities operated by James F. Slattery and companies such as Youth Services International. The report details widespread allegations of staff misconduct, physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, and failures to report major incidents amidst aggressive political lobbying and state privatization efforts.

Research notes

Added 2026-10-01 by the news scan from: The Huffington Post, "Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post", 2013-10-22 source

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.

News coverage

Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

Research notes