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 11/09/08 Criminalizing
youth. Read a
father's plea to "help free my son from Florida!"
 07/14/08
Don't Talk to Police!?Justice4Kids.org received a link to a
video presentation by
Professor James Duane and Virginia Beach Police Department Officer
George Bruch. The title of the presentation is Don’t Talk
to Police! It warns that you can be convicted by talking to
the police even if you are innocent and tell the truth! Talking to the
police "can not help you!"
Click here to view the 48-minute video. To read your rights,
written by Bob Dillinger,
Public Defender, 6th Circuit, click here.
Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council - Public
Meeting Schedule
July 13, 2009 - Executive Committee
July 23, 2009 - Council
August 2009 - No Meetings |
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For more information,
click
here. |
 Bad Apples in
DJJ? No! Say it isn't so! If you learn of a
DJJ bad apple, tell us: 727.799.9762 or
Cathy@justice4kids.org.
"Our conduct will
be professional and always place the public's interest above
self-interest. We will avoid any appearance of impropriety, prejudice,
threats, favoritism, or undue influences." ~DJJ
Mission Statement
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Date |
ID # |
Name |
| 02/11/09 |
IG
09-0005/CCC N/A |
Barreiro, G. |
| 10/08/08 |
CCC
200806181 |
Volusia JDC |
| 09/24/08 |
PCSO 1322871 |
Woods, Parris C. |
| 08/22/08 |
DJJ IG # 2008-05253
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| 08/08/08
9/15/08
9/15/08 |
OIG 08-154
Probe into officer
firings done
St. Augustine Record
The
way DJJ has
destroyed some of the
15 at SJRDC
e-mail to
St. Augustine Record |
Allen, D.
Charlton, D.
Demarco, C.
Evans, D.
Fox, C.
Hontz III, H.
McCoy, J.
Montoya, R.
Philmore, D.
Quinn, M.
Thomas, T.
Vertule, M. |
| 06/30/08 |
CCC
2008-01488 |
Larry, D. |
| 06/26/08 |
CCC
2008-01870 |
Lopez, A.
Mitchell, M.
Roman. A. |
| 06/12/08 |
CCC 2008-03583 |
Damour, W. |
| 05/21/08 |
CCC 2007-04544 |
Roland, J.
Russ, M.
Woods, C. |
| 05/15/08 |
CCC 2008-03012
CCC 2008-03013 |
McCausland, S. (CCSO)
Marino, M.(DJJ) |
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05/12/08 |
W35136 |
Jackson, A.
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| 04/29/08 |
Pinellas JDC |
Galto, Dominic J. |
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03/11/08 |
08002634CF10A |
Evans, D. |
| 06/20/07 |
DJJ IG 07-308 |
Williams, C. |
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02/05/07 |
072506 |
Uliasz, J. |
Ever wonder why DJJ never seems to
get any better?
Click here... to learn how DJJ treats staff who attempt to work within
the "system" to make positive changes.
 Now
they can read!
Justice4Kids spent
nearly five
years insisting that kids in Florida's Juvenile Detention Centers
be allowed to
read books in their sleeping rooms.
As of March 10, 2006, they
can!
Click here to read the DJJ memo and to learn
the story behind the books. Also. read how new
DJJ Secretary Peterman "petered out"
when asked for help in 2002!
04/08/08 Peterman letter to DJJ Staff:
"[Justice4Kids.org has] been blocked"
~Frank Peterman, Secretary, DJJ
WOW - One year later, minus one day - Pinellas
County Commissioner Calvin Harris, tells youth activist Cathy Corry
to SHUT UP, same as he told school teacher Dennis Segall... what's next
09/18/06
Pinellas County Commissioner
Calvin Harris tells the public to "SHUT UP" during a meeting
of the Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice Board. The target of Harris's outburst
was school teacher Dennis Segall, critical of the Board's activities, who spoke out
of turn.
09/17/07
Pinellas County Commissioner Calvin Harris tells Cathy
Corry, "You, shut up!" during a meeting of the Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice
Board'
02/01/07 McNeil letter to DJJ staff:
"As...Governor Crist so eloquently has stated, this is the people’s
work, and we are public servants first and foremost. ...we will be
successful only if we work cooperatively with...parents, advocacy
groups, citizens...to reach our shared goals."
~Walter A. McNeil, Secretary, DJJ
01/18/07 From our servant government:
" . . . we are clueless."
~Danielle
Williams, DJJ 01/18/07 From our servant
government:
"It's been a long day." "We need more people." "We don't have the
infrastructure like all the other branches." "All my people must run,
jump and shoot." "I'm sorry if I had the flu."
~Greg Johnson, DJJ Assistant Secretary of Prevention
09/18/06 From our servant
government:
"And you, shut up!"
~Calvin Harris,
Pinellas County Commissioner
12/05/06 From our servant government
"Every
system needs a conscience."
~Steve Casey, FL DJJ Deputy
Secretary
01/30/06 From our servant government:
"The judges know what our kids need; the school system knows what
the kids need; the parents don't know what these kids need."
~Jane Gallucci,
Pinellas County School Board member
11/10/04 From our servant government
"We
discourage public comment."
~Marquita McGuire, DJJ |
Watchdog of Florida's
Department of Juvenile Justice
This site was updated
06/25/2009
 Our
mission is to give voice to all who participate in Florida’s
juvenile justice system: a voice for children, parents, and staff. Our goal
is to use that voice to make the system better; to transform it into a
service in which the entire community can be proud. TOGETHER, we make a
difference!
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Committed to protecting your
rights,
because they are my rights too! |
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Donald A. Harrison
Attorney at Law
Criminal Defense Pinellas/Pasco/Hillsborough Counties
PO Box 189
Riverview, FL 33568-0189
1.866.935.9040
DonaldAHarrison@yahoo.com |
Justice4Kids Adopt a Park
January 10, 2009
By the numbers: According to DJJ, Misdemeanor
Disorderly Conduct was the most common school-related referral during FY
2005-06 (5,223 or 26% of total). Click here for more about the
Schoolhouse to
Jailhouse Track.
Report of the Blueprint Commission now available.
10/29/07
Justice4Kids.org calls on Blueprint Commission for independent oversight
of DJJ facilities
A Blueprint Commission
Member
Wants to Hear from You!
On July 31, 2007, DJJ Secretary Walt McNeil
announced the members of the
Blueprint
Commission. Among them is
Carlos J. Martinez, Chief
Assistant Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit. Martinez
provided Justice4Kids.org with a look at Draft Reform
Recommendations for Florida's juvenile justice system that he
compiled. Click
JUVENILE JUSTICE CPR. Martinez asks that if you have
comments or suggestions concerning changes in Florida's juvenile
justice system to email them to him at
CPR@pdmiami.com.
To contact other members of the Commission,
click here.
02/02/07 Judges refuse to unshackle juveniles
02/01/07 An Escambia JDC
dialogue.
We've been Duped!
Those juvenile arrest records you've been told were "confidential": they're not!
01/08/07
Crusading for
confidentiality
 FDLE
sells "confidential" juvenile arrest records on-line.
Click here for more.
Steve Meredith, a former DJJ inspector, said sheriff's
officials described the manhandling [of
Martin Lee Anderson]
as routine. "There was no shock, there was no alarm, there was no
surprise," Meredith said. "It was like this is how you bake a cake ...
It was so clinical."
Click here to read more about the April 6, 2007 legislative hearing
on the proposed payment of $5 Million to Anderson's parents.
Greenville Hills Academy
10/14/06 New claims of abuse at boys camp
Christopher
Sholly's Diary UPDATE 05/23/06
Christopher is home and he wants you
to know what he and other youth experienced in DJJ and DOC facilities...
Click
"Hello, Im christopher sholly..."
"[Christopher] was... 13 years old when this nightmare began, and he was
sent to DJJ for fighting in school!!"
-Reply to bulletin board post of 02/05/06.
Join the discussion at Yahoo
Discussion Group
AbuseInFloridaDJJ.
For more information on abuse in the juvenile justice
system, click here.
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 05/21/09
Among bars for ever “No more freedom. About ten thousands
offender serve in US prisons life term because of offences that
they committed as teenagers; about one quarter of them without
any chance to be released: life without parole.” Read this
European view of juvenile justice in America.
Click for
more. Also visit
Kids as Adults.
04/19/09
For their own good: a St. Petersburg Times special report on
child abuse at the Florida School for Boys.
Click for
more
03/24/09
Former State Official Says 'White House' Investigation Stalling.
Click for more
12/19/08
Dozer School for Boys abuse complaints? Report to:
Inspector Tom Berlinger
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Office of Executive Investigations
Post Office Box 1489
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
(850) 410-8240
TomBerlinger@fdle.state.fl.us
10/06/08
"If you believe that your child has been harmed while in the
care of the Department, we will be happy to review the case."-
John Walsh, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. [Click
here to read the complete message.]
If you're not outraged, you're not
paying attention!
 Abuse in DJJ? NO! Say it
isn't so!
When you tell J4K of your complaints, J4K ensures that your
allegations are reported for investigation. If you want J4K to
help, complete an online
J4K Incident Report.
"We will establish and maintain safe
programs for youth that will better prepare them for adulthood."
~DJJ Mission
Statement
Here are some current cases under Peterman's regime... For more, click Child Abuse.
DJJ
concerns? Abuse or neglect of youth?
Contact: Frank Peterman - cell 850-210-3815,
Frank.Peterman@djj.state.fl.us 10/21/07
Hastings troubled-youth facility has troubles of its own:
A youth-care worker is arrested for trying to sell marijuana. A worker
is charged with pulling a knife on a 16-year-old. A worker is fired
after sexual touching with a 16-year-old...
~Times Union
JUSTICE 4 JUSTIN
Justin Caldwell was at the Dozier ISP when, on February 11,
2007, a guard violently, and without apparent provocation, threw
him to the floor. To watch the video record,
click here.
11/27/07
Teen Sentenced for Battering
Guard
11/08/07 Trial verdict comments from Isabelle Zehnder, CAICA)
04/28/07
Imprisoned since 13, an adult Justin Caldwell remains walled in
04/17/07 Justin Caldwell abused at Dozier School for Boys: The Truth
Justin Caldwell, an 18-year old boy, has been incarcerated in the
Florida Juvenile Justice System since he was 13. What should have been a
12-15 month stay in a residential treatment center to allegedly “help”
Justin turned into a five-year nightmare.
To read more of more cases, click Abuse! Who would believe that DJJ's
DOVE ACADEMY in GRACEVILLE, Florida
would look like this?
06/09/07 Juvenile facilities
rated among state's worst
Government run amok!
It's the law: Florida gets a $4000 bounty for
each adopted child.
Click here for
details.
11/24/07
Father of five loses battle for parental rights
11/11/07
State to parents: We know best for kids
08/09/07 Despite lack of charges, man loses
four children
Bill
Stone,
TAMPA BAY SUN
Pinellas County leads state in number of
children taken from families
[Greg Pound's] three children were taken from
him after the second-youngest suffered an attack by a relative's
dog. The court is seeking to terminate Pound's parental
rights... His wife remains on the run more than a year after
disappearing with their youngest child...to prevent the state
from taking custody. Pound has no criminal record in Pinellas
County and has not been charged with any crime. He maintains the
state is dead wrong regarding the handling of his case.
Click here to read
the complete article.
For more testimony, visit
FreeOurKids.com.
Click
here to send a message to your representatives.
"Florida monitors zoos and animal shelters with greater scrutiny and
professionalism than DJJ monitors the contracted providers that reap
profits from troubled kids and families. It's all about politics and
money."
~Anonymous, 11/22/06 |
 What
a guy! On 09/18/06 and again on 09/17/07 Pinellas County
Commissioner Calvin Harris tells the public to "SHUT UP" during meetings
of the Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice Board. The targets of Harris's
outbursts were a school teacher and a youth activist; critical of the
Board's activities, they spoke out of turn. Calvin Harris has been in
violation of the Board Bylaws because he has continued to be the Chair
of the Board for longer than the Bylaws allow. Harris, at the Board
meeting of July 17, 2006, dismissed the governing rules saying, "The
bylaws, its just a piece of paper." |
Four Boys...
Shawn Smith, Danny Matthews, Omar Paisley, and Martin Anderson never met but they did have
things in common: they were boys; they were in their teens; and they
died while in the custody and care of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Click on a picture of each boy to read more.
If you are not
outraged you are not paying attention! |
Speak out!
The English statesman and champion of human rights, Edmund
Burke stated: "All that is necessary for
the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
To report abuse/neglect that occur to youth
in FL's DJJ custody:
DJJ CCC: 800-355-2280
Abuse
Hotline: 800-96ABUSE
OR to send your complaint to Justice4Kids,
CLICK HERE
Our children need your voice!
If you have information regarding abuse, neglect, harassment, intimidation or
discrimination of children in any state or local governmental institution,
please contact justice4kids.org at
727-799-9762, or
click
Contacts
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If you
agree that the juvenile justice system must be reformed...Then you can begin to make some changes.
Here are a few suggestions:
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Join the
Pinellas
County Juvenile Justice Council or
click here to find the JJC in your county; |
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Tell others about
the experiences you have had with the "system"; |
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Hand out fliers at your
nearest JDC, court house and at neighborhood functions; |
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Research archives;
verify facts; and |
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Tell people about
justice4kids.org |
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Speak out on the Justice4Kids.org blog
Juvenile Justice Florida Style at
J4KBuzz.blogspot.com |
Click here to contact us.
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Welcome to justice4kids.org! Hopefully,
this site will show you that you are not alone in your frustration with
Florida's juvenile justice system. You will find that aspects of the "system"
that are confusing, odd and, often, just plain wrong are not figments of your
imagination. Fortunately, there are moms and dads and grandparents, too, who can
help you and your family get through the tangled web of "juvenile justice".
top Our site has 8 pages.
- Home This is our "home" page; it gives you an
overview and highlights latest activity.
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Criminalizing Youth
Examples from experience and news reports that point out the absurdities of
the way Florida has, through the use of school "resource officers" and
laws, elevated what were once childhood pranks to criminal offences. In
addition, there is information about people in prison for life for crimes
committed as children. Here you will also find the Schoolhouse to Jail House
Track or Zero Tolerance gone astray and kids treated as adults.
- The Department
Recent events at Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
- Child Abuse
Stories of abuse by authorities on children and their parents are documented
here. If you have an incident of abuse that you wish to report, then
complete the
Incident Report Form on the
Abuse! page. My
Word! Here you will find questions asked and answered; commentaries and
accounts from other parents including the in-depth
Boot Camp Diary.
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Boot Camps The fall of
Florida's boot camps as a means to discipline youth in the juvenile justice
system as a result of the death of Martin Lee Anderson.
- My Word! Here you will find
questions asked and answered; commentaries and accounts from other parents
including the in-depth Boot Camp Diary.
- Links This is a list of one-click e-mail
and website addresses for people and organizations that may be of help.
In addition, you will find:
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Documents We continue to collect policies,
procedures and brochures that directly effect parents and youths confronted
with the juvenile justice
system. |
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Complaints Here
are guidelines for
when to file a complaint with the head of the Department of Juvenile Justice
or with the DJJ Inspector General. |
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Glossary
Here, the bureaucratic language of the juvenile justice system -- acronyms
and jargon -- is translated into "English." |
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FastFacts & Voices These are single-topic
fliers that explain various aspects of the juvenile justice system. The fliers
are produced by justice4kids.org and distributed at court and at the
JDC --- two places where families who find themselves in the juvenile justice
system are likely to congregate. |
Contacts On this page you can
complete a form and e-mail it to Justice4kids.org. In addition, there are
links to newspaper reporters who write about DJJ activities. And, last, but
not least, you can write Florida State Legislators.
Thank you! You are visitor
to this page since we began in June, 2001.
Remember, together we make a difference!
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