Ray Watford

White metal crosses mark graves at the cemetery of the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, December 10, 2012. Investigators in Florida using ground-penetrating radar and soil samples said on Monday they had found at least 50 graves - 19 more than officially reported - on the grounds of a former state reform school for boys.

A flicker of light in the darkness: remembering Dozier | Opinion

December 18, 2025 at 10:53 a.m.

Ray Watford spent Christmas of 1967 in Florida's Dozier School for Boys, where he suffered abuse alongside other children often locked away for little more than truancy. This Christmas, he...

Justice for those, like me, who survived Florida’s Dozier School for Boys | Opinion

January 28, 2025 at 12:55 p.m.

Ray Watford spent more than a year at Florida's Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in the 1960s, where boys who were often guilty of no more than truancy were...

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