Qualla: Florida School for Boys https://qualla.com/florida-school-for-boys en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Florida School for Boys https://qualla.com/florida-school-for-boys Florida School for Boys: Introduction https://qualla.com/florida-school-for-boys/ The building the boys called the White House was not white because of any architectural ambition. It was a small concrete-block structure on the grounds of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, painted white and set apart from the dormitories. Inside, staff members beat children with leather straps until they lost consciousness. Some boys were sent there eleven times. Some were as young as nine. The Florida School for Boys operated from January 1, 1900, to June 30, 2011 -- 111 years during which it became, for a time, the largest juvenile reform institution in the United States, and gained a reputation for abuse, torture, and death that investigations would eventually confirm but never fully explain.

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