A Chilling Tale of Abuse and Survival: The Dozier School for Boys

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[@gingerft.honeybees4097]

Unrelated, but im dying at how cute your kitty is, tapping your shoulder for pets!

[@SandmanLibrary]

Those poor, poor babies. No human deserves that, let alone ones so young and vulnerable.

[@JuniperArtemis16]

As Georgia said, legal slavery for profit still exists in prisons today, prisoners farm fish to sell at grocery stores or work in prison factories making products, and they either don’t get paid at all or get paid like 25 cents an hour. “For Profit Prisons” should not exist, it’s deplorable.

[@SandmanLibrary]

""Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."." We have no idea what the US economy would look like without that inhumane, evil, and damaging modifier- literally built into the system which uplifts profits above people.

[@itsalwaysteatime3803]

Yeah some of the videos of prisons in the USA, taken on smuggled in phones are shocking.. like the food , very little food ,no proper healthcare,no proper sanitary products etc Prisons in Ireland and the UK seem like hotel's compared to the American prison system.

[@Adelicows]

It's only fair to pay prisoners fair wages if they in return pay room and board, and for their medical care, security etc. Which they usually don't in most cases. They just pay for overpriced commissary items.

[@Adelicows]

Even not-for-profit prisons are deplorable and do more harm than good. My nephew was a sweetheart who made a bad decision when he went in, and he came out a hardened criminal. I'm actually scared of him now.

[@Rachw0101]

​@itsalwaysteatime3803 it's a shame uk prisons aren't more like some of the other places that are hell holes. Prison shouldn't be like a holiday. That's why no one learns there lesson here.

[@dimitrabir.4177]

Your frustration when you said "abusement"😂😂

[@freckles0829]

I was thinking the EXACT same thing! 😂🙊🙀 Georgia's the best!! 🤩🌠😍

[@hannahla_]

I was looking for this comment 😭😂😆

[@EllieDaisy]

I was gonna say the same, I felt that 😂😂

[@melaniebrylow3900]

That lipstick/blazer combo is gorgeous on you Georgia!

[@KrislonR]

Agreed! Georgia, you look lovely for fall. Thank you for telling this heartbreaking story, these poor boys.

[@georgiamarie_]

Thank you!

[@TiffHoney88]

Was about to comment this!!! She looks absolutely gorgeous!!

[@amandahouseholder1228]

Thank you for covering this! I grew up in this world and to see one of my favorite youtubers covering this is absolutely amazing

[@RhinoaLunar]

Thank you for covering this story! I grew up in Florida and want justice for those kids. I do know the reason finding things newer than five years is difficult. Hurricane Matthew utterly destroyed Marianna and the surrounding communities. I think some shallow graves were discovered but the bodies had been strewn about during the storm. Not much has been done since as much of the grounds were destroyed leaving some parts unsafe. So until the debris is removed and so forth it is not likely we’ll see more done. Sadly the grounds are basically abandoned and nobody wants to pay to clean away the debris.

[@RhinoaLunar]

Edit: I mistakenly said Hurricane Matthew when it was actually Hurricane Michael. I apologize for the confusion.

[@s.noellemelton3566]

Sadly, this is a hard part of US history that continues to reinforce the abuse, racial bias, indifference, and prejudice that remains at the base of this country.

[@mikaelaaltadonna463]

This was absolutely heartbreaking. Thank you, for bringing these stories to light with such compassion ❤️

[@spideath3567]

Thank you for sharing this story! I found it so interesting and can't believe this school wasn't closed until 2011, school abuse seems to be so common but hardly ever do the victims get justice. Also love the cat cameo!

[@sarahbuckley2564]

Oh my 😭😭 Those poor children. It's so awful but this story really needs telling.

[@jmgajda8071]

I'm so sorry, Georgia, but as jaded as I am to most true crime, this is still one of those cases that is so haunting & so horrific, the one time I listened to a podcast about it, I cried so hard. And I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks. So, I'm gonna have to bow out, but thanks for covering this! It's so important that people know what happened there...

[@ks-gn8xk]

Everyone should see this video. Thanks for the well-rounded and respectful coverage as always Georgia.

[@PeachesJess.]

28:08 reminded me of when Danielle (Drew Barrymore) quotes Sir Thomas More in the film Ever After “For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them.”

[@angelabordack]

Thank you, Georgia. This was a very important story to tell. We all need to be reminded of what tragedies have been inflicted.

[@anyagraffuis6068]

i grew up in central florida. we never learned about this:( thank you for speaking on this so eloquently!

[@sunshine3914]

I’m over 1,200 miles away & I read about it while the graves were discovered & again while they exhumed the graves. Then through, either RD or Newsweek, I saw photos of 2 guys I had known, amongst something like 100 survivors.

[@antoinettemaraisgauthier]

was so happy to see you covering this case georgia! this is one that’s stuck with me over the years, how devastating and unforgivable it was what they did to those children.

[@SurferJoe1]

I've both anticipated and dreaded Georgia Marie's coverage of this horrifying story from one state away. The boys of Dozier and that dreadful, bleak cemetery have haunted me since I first read about the case years ago. I struggle to understand why the exposure of this evil hasn't been a bigger bombshell story, but human corruption is sadly too common to move us as often or as much as it should. There was a very recent case where two corrupt juvenile court judges were caught over-sentencing in a "cash for kids" arrangement that netted them 2.6 million and resulted in a boy's suicide. I read one story years ago about a boy who escaped Dozier- probably the one Georgia Marie mentioned- in the forties?- and was hunted and killed- possibly shot, according to my fuzzy memory, it's been years- while he hid under a porch. His family was still searching for him in this century. Rhubarb gently reminds us that we're all together and o.k. right now.

[@SurferJoe1]

I wanted to add: this kind of abuse was known about at its height, as it was even the subject of some social protest films like "Boy Slaves" from 1939, which occasionally runs on Turner Classic Movies.

[@drangonfliepink79]

Having been abused by my teacher at school aged 7 and reporting to the police at 21 nothing much came about it other then my teacher saying she had never heard of me ... I wonder how you can push for more and the fact they have amazes me because she put me back so many years of my life things go on in the education system still that shouldn't and I prey they get what they need and deserve hats off to there bravery ❤❤

[@misskate3815]

My mom had friends who were labelled “incorrigible”. She said it was a horrifying threat in the sixties. Parents in her middle class are would regularly threaten their kids with it. My youngest siblings are twenty-five years younger than me and someone called my littlest brother(he’s taller than me now) incorrigible and my mom was really upset.

[@savannaw67]

the images of the Whitehouse were absolutely horrific I feel for these boys who were basically tortured.

[@georgiamarie_]

absolutely harrowing!

[@kotahchaos]

Am I crazy or did Georgia already do a video on this? Still a good video and well researched!

[@katieelizabeth834]

Sadly I think there is a few similar 😢

[@ladystarfire23]

Thank you for sharing this horrific and deeply troubling story with us. Also, is your cat named Rhubarb? So cute!

[@tashaleblanc588]

Thank you for covering this. I'm in Canada and never heard of this.

[@Billybonzai]

Thank you for this piece Georgia, I have learnt something today

[@roseanndarcy]

Haven’t watched your videos in a while and you suddenly sound like a news reporter! X

[@mollylovessk6ers]

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is a fantastic book that is based on what happened at this school. Highly recommend.

[@NC-tt4gc]

And the Reformatory by Tananarive Due.

[@Graham-p7k]

Thanks for taking the time for sharing this with us.

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Thank you for this video. Since you’re a reader please look into The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (based on her relatives experience), incredible novel, and The Nickelboys by Colson Whitehead. I haven’t read that one but it has a ton of praise. You’ve probably heard of at least one of these, but I had to mention them. Thank you for keeping this story alive.

[@Maria-rt8rn]

Fantastic video, Georgia! As usual, and with the additional cute kitty this time. 😍 10/10

[@Presca1]

You should really do a video on the residential school scandal here in Canada. We just had our National Day of Truth and Reconciliation because of this. It was truly sad.

[@New_Zealand_Murder_History_777]

Geogia that was FFFFing interesting, that makes me wanna write a script for waiwhetu boys home. (We have some awful and perhaps simerler places operating over here in New Zealand. Your channels very well researched, CHEF

[@Sparky34258]

Have you read the book called the reformatory by Tananarive due? It’s absolutely fantastic. Might not be your thing as it’s fiction and spooky but the story told happens during the exact time period you’re talking about in this video.

[@Sparky34258]

It’s also based on Dozier. It’s a heartbreaking book

[@georgiamarie_]

I haven’t but it sounds interesting, I’ll add it to my tbr!

[@samdor935]

Yes it’s based on this school. The author found out her great uncle died there when he was only 15. The audiobook is fantastic. It’s also not particularly spooky but there is some southern ghost lore

[@ibma14]

So glad I found your channel. Awesome work

[@audrey_the_redhead_teacher]

Thank you for gracing us with an amazing video despite having to handle the pre/post-wedding shenanigans ❤🎉

[@ritawooten3296]

I grew up in this area, i remember as children we were taught to fear these boys. We didn't know the horrors they were going through.

[@freckles0829]

This story was fascinating! Your cat is such a sweetheart, and was a wonderful co-host!! 😻🐾❤️ Plus, you are autumn personified with your blazer and classic red lip...stunning! 💄🍁🙀🍂💋

[@yukiyoshitoshi5964]

Hi Georgia - I have watched you for years but never commented. I was so charmed by adorable Rhubarb and love how he gently seeks your attention. I love your interaction with him. I don't think he was being rude - I think he was trying to get your attention so that he could correct your math. Thank you for your excellent coverage of this tragic and shameful case.

[@shelbyregisterrn108]

You covered this! I’m so glad ❤ I used to work there before it closed.

[@shelbyregisterrn108]

Unbelievably, Thomas Curry’s family were sent planks of wood instead of their son’s body and they didn’t know until they had the casket exhumed about 90 years later. The grounds are completely open still now.

[@sarahleony]

Thank you, Georgia!

[@PrettyAliceNight]

This is such a sad case. Your cat is so pretty though! I love the name Rhubarb!

[@Lisa_lewandowski8]

I love your sweet Calico cat, so cute!

[@patch5674]

As a former special ed student it'd mean the world to me if at some point you could cover the use of seclusion rooms and restraining holds in modern special education schools. It's obviously no where near as bad as this case, but a lot of this stuff still happens and no one talks about it.

[@jodiemarie9901]

Another incredible video

[@AlizzaBliss]

"Mom? Mom? Mom? Mommy? Mommy? Mommy? Momma? Momma? Momma? Ma? Ma? Ma? Ma? Mom? Mom? Mom?" - Rhubarb 😂

[@topshottadondada]

Georgia: WHAT!!!! Rhubarb: hi

[@theroyalhive2023]

You look absolutely beautiful in this video! Love the look!!

[@ThatArabGirl10]

Georgia, your cat looks like my Merry, another tortie with an attitude, lol. Rhubarb is adorable!

[@jeyyran]

god, imagine coming to your new 'school' and finding out it has a GRAVEYARD literally inhumane

[@ladylazarus35]

Omg the cat! Very informative video

[@davidbrennan5973]

Please do the tuam mother & baby home bodies next

[@itsalwaysteatime3803]

Yes definitely!! And the Madeleine laundries

[@tashaleblanc588]

And I love the waY you say 90s btw Oh and hi rhubarb He says excuse me pet me human 😂 absolutely love it

[@stephaniec3619]

This is just such a sad story.

[@jessicadrnava]

Have you read The Nickel Boys? It's historical fiction about Dozier. Definitely not a feel-good book but incredibly well written

[@Snakesnarl]

Are there multiple schools in Florida like this? Because I swear she talked about another school just like this in a previous video

[@georgiamarie_]

You’re probably thinking of the video I did on Willowbrook!

[@steffanyhicks8613]

My husband was sent to Dozier when he was 12 and kept there until he was 18. He has told me it was hell on earth

[@breezybee3774]

Omg its one am and when your cat meowed i got up to let my cat in as to not wake my roomate.. only to realize😂

[@jessicaellis184]

A friend of mine was imprisoned here in the 90s he had some horror stories about that place

[@KayleighElizabeth86]

Rhubarb is adorable ❤

[@Mark2024Hola]

Awful situation, very good you have highlighted this. It is important. It is sad this occurred - especially within living memory AND in the US.... Land Of The Free 🙄🙄. By the by, I do love your jacket - very cute. My girlfriend was looking for something similar; formal yet stylish - sorry, I know this serious topic is not a fashion show but just wanted to compliment your style. Thanks for the video.

[@melinda8980]

Those poor children, “reform” school, sure 😣

[@ruthharvey5896]

I love you Georgia, loved you for years but I can't do this one... honestly the first video of yours I've not watched. I gave birth to my 4th baby 2 weeks ago (first girl, just saying...💗🤣) maybe hormones are to blame, i don't know but i am HIGHLY protective of tiny beings right now or even bigger 'beings' (my eldest went to uni the day i gave birth😂) i look at my tiny, precious little girl and i just cant bare listening to any pain inflicted on an innocent soul and now i know its race related too... i can't. All my babies are mixed race. Still love you, will be here EVERY episode. Love from Scarborough, England 💕🌈🌸xxxxxxx

[@Granny-2-Three]

I live in Florida and we still have corporal punishment in public and private schools throughout the state.

[@michellelouiseblight-stead7096]

Completely unrelated but adorable cat

[@queennanny4792]

I read a book called "The Nickel Boys" it was so sad

[@JtownKat]

Rhubarb: Mummy! MUMMY! Quit filming and pay attention to me! In all seriousness, my nephew was in a juvenile jail in Florida in the early / mid 1990s. I'm not sure which one(s) he was in, but I know he didn't receive any emotional or psychological aid. Last I looked a couple years ago, he is in prison for something like the 17th time as an adult. I really wish Florida could have given him help when he was younger so he had the tools to be out of the cycle he is in.

[@JanealJohnson]

Your kitty was very demanding to be petted in this one. Also I had never heard of this school in Florida.

[@skaisnotdead]

I love Rhubarb

[@wolffe1042]

I don't know if it's something in the background audio or if your clothes are making a rustling noise. It could just be me though, but it was a bit disruptive while listening.

[@andreamoore367]

This sounds like The programme. I hope we don’t have anything similar in Australia

[@vpasquale9096]

Rhubarb 😍

[@erylandaryl]

❤️

[@SableCatDog]

Hi kitty!

[@evalindqvist1253]

Rhubarb Fan Club! ❤

[@fuku1331]

Acab

[@jimmotheus6151]

Revering thing about Florida sucks

[@mikeveis6393]

This wasn't a school, it was a concentration camp.

[@tammyparagon4443]

Ok, cut the politics and get to the story of the school.

[@chloehindley340]

I love your voice but the drawn out endings of words is really annoying. It’s like trying to hard to have a presenter voice

[@hilarywallace3007]

I am Australian and I think what you are referring to is just her accent and way of speaking and not trying to be anything. I am not annoyed by it and didn’t even realise what you are referring to till I actually concentrated on it. Many British speakers speak like this…if you are annoyed…stop listening…. I listen to a lot of American accents in these true crime channels and find many of them hard to listen to and just plain annoying so I don’t subscribe to them . I do think it is rude of you to comment…

[@kkdoo-zl9wh]

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