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Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice - A Broken System in Need of Reform
CAICA collaborates with Parents,
Lawyers, Media, and Government Officials to expose abuse in the
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice System (DJJ). DJJ has a
longstanding record of serious allegations of abuse and deaths in
their programs, including the most recent allegations of abuse by
Justin Caldwell and Christopher Sholly, and the deaths of Martin Lee
Anderson, Anthony Dumas, Chad Andrew Franza, Daniel Matthews, Dillon
Taylor Peak, Omar Paisley, Shawn Smith, and Willie Lawrence Durden,
III.
Our efforts have finally paid off
and have resulted in major changes to one of DJJ’s programs, Dozier
School for Boys, and the termination of employees who abused
children and/or failed to report abuse they witnessed. The Secretary
of DJJ has promised to “clean house” and said, “Heads are going to
roll, people will be fired, and charges will be pressed.” We believe
the work in Florida has just begun and it is our hope to see reform
throughout Florida DJJ.
Two more reports were recently
received indicating two boys were choked by a guard at another DJJ
facility.
Click here for Press Release.
It is truly time for change - we
are pleased with the changes that have taken place to date at Dozier
and will move forward to be sure that positive changes continue to
occur throughout the DJJ system. Children have a right to be safe,
parents have a right to not fear for their child's life while their
child is in a program that is supposed to help him or her, not hurt
him or her further.
4/18/07 - DOZIER
SCHOOL HALTS ADMISSIONS - The truth is finally told
Click here to view video;
click here for article
PRESS RELEASE AND
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS RE ABUSE AT DOZIER
Justin Caldwell, an
18-year old boy, has been incarcerated in the Florida Juvenile Justice System since he
was 13. What should have been a 12-15 month stay
in a residential treatment center to allegedly “help”
Justin turned into a
five-year nightmare.
Click here for Press Release
Click here for Interview with Mark Caldwell
Click here for interview with Attorney Richard Reno
4/18/07 - CAICA RELEASES
ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE ABOUT FLORIDA DJJ
Several days ago Guard Williams at
Manatee allegedly choked two youth. The first youth was allegedly
chocked on April 15, the exact time is unsure.
The second was allegedly choked the same day,
immediately following the first youth’s choking incident.
Click here for Press Release.
FEATURE STORY: ABUSE CONTINUES IN FLORIDA DJJ
4/17/07
Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
Dozier School for Boys - Justin Caldwell
"Mark
Caldwell again, I think you might not actually know what happened to my son Justin
Caldwell at Dozier on February 11th 2007. So I am going to tell you, then you will know ...
More
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Dozier School for Boys - Christopher Sholly
"Another attempt to mess with my
time Aurther G Dozier School for Boys, Marianna FL ..."
Click here to read Christopher's diary.
Dozier School for Boys - Attorney Richard Reno
Rick Reno, attorney for Justin
Caldwell and Christopher Sholly, is working to help repair a
broken system - the Florida Dept. of Juvenile Justice. The same system that killed Martin
Lee Anderson and others.
Click
here to read CAICA' Press Release and an exclusive interview with Attorney Reno.
MARK CALDWELL NAMED CAICA
ADVOCATE OF THE MONTH: More
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Visit:
www.justice4kids.org for more information about Florida DJJ.
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