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The White House Boys
  1. Signatures
    188 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. The White House Boys (Roger Kiser)
  2. Created By
    Marissa Hebisen
    Dublin, Ireland and San Antonio, TX
About this Petition Petition Letter

The Florida State Reform School, currently being called the Authur G. Dozier School for Boys, established by the State of Florida's lawmakers, has been hiding a horrific secret for over half a century.  The school, which was built in 1897, was intended to be a place where adolescent boys, some as young as 8 years old, could be separated from the prison system, and the evils of adult criminals, and could receive the education and mental support they needed as young men.  It was established in order to provide young offenders a place where they could grow and learn, and in that way, be reformed enough to be contributing members of society.  Instead, it became a "new kind of hell".  Most people could never imagine the horrific acts that were committed behind the secret doors of this schools ironically beautiful brick buildings and lush lawns. The victims, and they truly were victims, have finally come forward to unearth the deadly deeds that occured there.  The men who made it through this school with their lives, and not much else, now call themselves the White House Boys, after the small white building that still sits on those lush lawns, where they were raped and beaten, to the point of nonrecognition, on a regular basis.  These men now need society's support in order to do what they were not able to do as little boys. These men now need our support in order to stand up to their offenders, support to finally receive what they were continually denied, a life.

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The White House Boys

Dear Mr. Kiser,

I am sending you this letter in order to let you know, and to let the Florida Justice System know, that I am here to support you in your attempts to seek justice for ALL the little boys that you use to be.  I am here to let the powers that be know that we, as a society, will NOT close our eyes and pretend that everything is alright anymore.  I am here to make sure that you get the justice that is owed to you from the State of Florida, and from all of America. 

The acts that were committed against you and the other little boys at the Florida Reform School were atrocious.  The men who committed those acts are horrific.  And the people who knew what was going on and still chose to close their eyes are reprehensible.  Even after 50 years there is no amount of compensation that will ever make up for the sickening beatings or the unspeakable intrusions of rape that littered and stole your childhoods.


To the adults who perpetrate these actions and to the ones who are even worse in their silence, make sure you know that you WILL be held accountable.  To the government and to the officials who betray the very children that are put in their care, make sure you know that we ARE now aware, and we are in no way going to let this issue drop.


Please be assured that we will no longer allow our eyes to remain closed to the secret abuses of children.  There will be no more secret rooms,  no more secret activities, and no more secrets, period.  

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