Breaking: Florida Senate passes Dozier bill

Florida Senate this morning passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and another state reform school in Okeechobee County.

The House passed it last Thursday. The bill know goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Filmmaker Catherine Hedden shared the photo above of the Dozier School survivors watching the floor vote.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”