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***RESTRICTED*** Restricted per Department of State, Office of General Counsel in consultation with Department of Juvenile Justice, Office of General Counsel: the entire record is confidential based on Section 985.04(1) (". . . all information obtained under this chapter in the discharge of official duty by any judge, any employee of the court, any authorized agent of the department, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, the Department of Corrections, the juvenile justice circuit boards, any law enforcement agent, or any licensed professional or licensed community agency representative participating in the assessment or treatment of a juvenile is confidential . . .") and will be open for inspection 50 years from date of creation per 257.38(2), F.S. ("...any public record or other record provided by law to be confidential or prohibited from inspection by the public shall be made accessible only after a period of 50 years from the date of the creation of the record").
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The Florida Legislature created the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) with enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act of 1994 (Chapter 94-209, Laws of Florida). The newly created agency absorbed the powers, funding and personnel of the HRS Division of Youth Services, and also assumed responsibility for overseeing juvenile delinquency cases and children and families in need of services (CINS/FINS) cases. DJJ is headed by a Secretary appointed by the governor and who shares leadership duties with the Deputy Secretary.
The Florida School for Boys was a high-risk residential commitment facility for male youth 13 to 21 years of age who were committed by the Court. Due to overcrowding concerns in the Marianna campus, the Florida Legislature mandated the establishment of a branch location in Okeechobee in 1955 (Chapter 29690, Laws of Florida). The school began receiving boys on July 19, 1959.
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This series contains the listing of all juvenile offenders received into the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee from 1959 to 1964, and from 1981 to 1985. The ledgers include the name, sex, race, age, birth state, offense, sentence, dates of arrival and release, whether they escaped (date of escape and recapture if any), prison identification number, and the manner of termination of residence; i.e., end of sentence, pardon, death, etc.
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Series S 2256, Florida School for Boys Student Ledgers, contains the listing of juvenile offenders received into the Florida School for Boys campus at Marianna (later called the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys) from 1915 to 2011. Series S 2323, Florida School for Boys Intake and Discharge Ledgers, contains the listing of all juvenile offenders received into and discharged from the Florida School for Boys campus at Okeechobee from 1959 to 1985.
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Florida School for Boys (Okeechobee, Fla.) Florida. Dept. of Juvenile Justice.
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