The Evidence Index / Original Exhibits & Records

The Evidence Index

Behind every case number is a person. Behind every headline is paperwork. Here is the docket of authentic primary records, historical census ledgers, inmate registries, forensic autopsy reports, and unsealed exhibits preserving carceral history as it was written.

Powell and Florida prison history

Books and prison census

J. C. Powell, The American Siberia (1891)1870 Florida prison census master scan1880 Florida state-prison census scan1880 prison staff roster transcription1880 staff, turpentine workers, and prisoners1880 staff and turpentine workers

Malachi Martin and Gadsden context

Malachi Martin preserved household and penitentiary dataMalachi Martin corrected census transcription1870 Gadsden County census context

Fortune Ferguson and Newberry

Fortune's record

Fortune Ferguson archival record, April 27, 1927Florida state prison register, 1875-19591910 Ferguson-area census1910 alternate census scan1920 Ferguson-area census

Newberry Six

Newberry Six memorial transcriptJMU historical marker recordWUFT community history

Scholarship and public history

Brandon Jett, Fortune Ferguson and legal changeDeath penalty for children: historical analysisWashington Post juvenile-death-penalty history

Dozier School for Boys

Forensic and official investigations

Tampa Bay Times: "For Their Own Good" investigative series (PDF) ↗University of South Florida, 2016 deaths and burials findings1969 visiting committee reportBoot Hill cemetery interim reportDozier campus renovations mapFlorida School for Boys campus map1958 Dozier School handbookCongressional juvenile-delinquency reportDr. Eugene Byrd Senate testimony

Photographic evidence (24-Hour Rotating Feature)