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Record Group Number: 000147
Series/Collection Number: .S 357
Creator: Florida. Division of Child Training Schools.
Title, Dates: Case files, 1963-1967.
Amount: 37.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Subdivided into (1) Inactive cases, (2) Active cases, and (3) Interstate Compact cases, all arranged alphabetically by last name.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1957, the Florida Legislature created the Division of Child Training Schools under the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions (Chapter 57-317, Laws of Florida). The division had supervisory and protective care, custody and control of all minor offenders and of the buildings, grounds and all other property of, and matters concerning, the state's juvenile correctional and training institutions. Arthur G. Dozier was the division's first director. In 1967 its name changed to the Division of Youth Services (Ch. 67-46, Laws).
Summary:     This series contains case files documenting the services provided to juvenile offenders. The case files include the child's personal background and offense, and generally contain correspondence, orders of commitment and applications for admission into a state institution. Children were admitted to the Florida School for Boys in Marianna and Okeechobee and the Florida School for Girls in Ocala and Forest Hills.
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Subject Access Fields: Florida School for Boys (Marianna, Fla.)
Florida School for Boys (Okeechobee, Fla.)
Florida School for Girls at Forest Hills.
Florida School for Girls at Ocala.
Juvenile corrections Florida
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