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At this juvenile justice program, staffers set up fights — and then bet on them

By Carol Marbin Miller
The allegations were straight out of Oliver Twist: Teens said there were maggots in the food — and barely enough of it. Officers choked and punched them. For discipline and diversion, workers organized fights among the detainees.
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Dark secrets of Florida juvenile justice: ‘honey-bun hits,’ illicit sex, cover-ups

By Carol Marbin Miller
The boys had just returned to Module 9 of the Miami juvenile lockup from the dining hall when one of them hit Elord Revolte high and hard.
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Lockup officers groomed him to beat up other teens, mom says. It cost him his life.

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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Cause of death: ‘Lack of empathy.’ Medical neglect in Florida’s juvenile justice

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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They weren’t faking: 12 young detainees who died while under Florida’s care

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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How NYC and Missouri are reforming juvenile justice — without razor wire fences

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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Guard vowed to make a grieving girl’s life better. She says he did the opposite.

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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He had a history of working with vulnerable boys — and a reputation as a ‘creeper’

By Carol Marbin Miller
This article and others in this series were produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism....
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They were stalkers, sexters and rapists — and worked safeguarding Florida delinquents

By Carol Marbin Miller
Out of the view of security cameras, in secluded spaces and even on off-campus trips, some of the men and women tasked with protecting and counseling youths turned Florida’s juvenile lockups and residential centers into a predators’ playground.
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In a Florida city where kids kill at a terrifying rate, a search for answers

By Tessa Duvall
Their crimes are heinous. Their backstories are heartbreaking. The system was never equipped to help them.

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