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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday creating a $20 million compensation fund for survivors of abuse at the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee. These institutions were infamous for the physical, mental, and sexual abuse that took place within their walls for decades. The bill, HB 21, establishes the “Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program” within the Department of Legal Affairs. The program will compensate individuals who were confined at either Dozier or Okeechobee between 1940 and 1975 and s…

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