Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away /
Cooper, Candy J., 1955-
Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / Candy J. Cooper. - First edition. - 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Portal to calamity -- Just Greed -- Intolerance -- Four men and a building -- Kids for cash -- Kingdom of silence -- Divergence -- Squeezed -- Standing up -- Cracks -- Cat and mouse -- Terrible, horrible, no good -- Rage and sorrow -- Deal or no deal -- Depths of indifference -- Frisbee, yoga, spin -- unimaginable brutality -- Harm reduction -- Branded.
"Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek.
9781662620133 1662620136
2023044554
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Corrupt practices--Pennsylvania.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania.
Bribery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania.
Judicial error--Pennsylvania.
Juvenile courts--Pennsylvania.
Juvenile detention homes--Pennsylvania.
Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / Candy J. Cooper. - First edition. - 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Portal to calamity -- Just Greed -- Intolerance -- Four men and a building -- Kids for cash -- Kingdom of silence -- Divergence -- Squeezed -- Standing up -- Cracks -- Cat and mouse -- Terrible, horrible, no good -- Rage and sorrow -- Deal or no deal -- Depths of indifference -- Frisbee, yoga, spin -- unimaginable brutality -- Harm reduction -- Branded.
"Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek.
9781662620133 1662620136
2023044554
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Corrupt practices--Pennsylvania.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania.
Bribery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania.
Judicial error--Pennsylvania.
Juvenile courts--Pennsylvania.
Juvenile detention homes--Pennsylvania.