Ryan NicolMay 16, 2019
3min500
Marbin Miller is a two-time Pulitzer finalist, known for pieces such as "Innocents Lost."
Tag: Fight Club
Ryan NicolMay 16, 2019
Danny McAuliffeJuly 26, 2018
4min555
Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly will depart the agency August 31, according to a statement released Thursday afternoon by Gov. Rick Scott’s office. Currently, it’s unclear who will replace Daly. Scott’s office said those details will soon become available. Daly has served at DJJ since 2006 in a variety of leadership positions. In 2014, […]
Ana CeballosMarch 8, 2018
2min265
With a budget deal done, there is good news for juvenile detention and probation officers. They are getting a pay raise. The House and Senate agreed Wednesday to set aside $8 million in pay raises for the more than 2,000 detention and probation officers who work with at-risk youth in the state. That amount goes […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 24, 201816min439
Editor’s note: Miami Herald journalist Carol Marbin Miller and former Herald reporter Audra D.S. Burch became the first recipients of the Lucy Morgan Award for Open Government Reporting, recognized for the series “Fight Club: Dark Secrets of Florida Juvenile Justice.” Established in November by the First Amendment Foundation, the award is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning Tampa […]
Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2017
7min451
Speaking to a Senate panel Monday, Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly didn’t address many specifics from “Fight Club,” a Miami Herald series detailing a dozen deaths of youths in DJJ custody. But Daly did discuss reforms in place at the department to curb a repeat of those incidents. “I’m not here to deny, defend […]