The Dozier School for Boys
Published: May 13, 2026
Duration: 1:02:20
This episode contains discussion of child abuse, physical and sexual violence against minors, and descriptions of deaths in state custody. Listener discretion is advised.
For more than a century, the state of Florida ran a place in the panhandle town of Marianna that called itself a school. It opened on January 1, 1900 and didn't close until June 30, 2011. In those one hundred and eleven years, it operated under four different names. The Florida State Reform School. The Florida Industrial School for Boys. The Florida School for Boys. And finally, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. S...
For more than a century, the state of Florida ran a place in the panhandle town of Marianna that called itself a school. It opened on January 1, 1900 and didn't close until June 30, 2011. In those one hundred and eleven years, it operated under four different names. The Florida State Reform School. The Florida Industrial School for Boys. The Florida School for Boys. And finally, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. S...