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- Kids for cash [videorecording] / by Brook, Michael,1952-composer (expression); Ciavarella, Mark,1950-interviewee.; Conahan, Michael,1952-interviewee.; Das, Poppy,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Gillespie, Jay,director of photography.; Marritz, Edward,director of photography.; May, Robert(Film producer),film director,film producer.; Timmons, Lauren,film producer.; Alive Mind Cinema,film distributor.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,film distributor.(CARDINAL)347545; SenArt Films (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)848607;
Bonus features: Kids in the system (additional interviews, 16 minutes) -- Image gallery -- Theatrical trailer.Music, Michael Brook ; cinematography, Jay Gillespie, Eddie Marritz ; film editor and co-producer, Poppy Das.Interviewees, Mark A. Ciavarella, Michael Conahan, Justin Bodner, Hillary Transue, Amanda Lorah, Sandy Fonzo, Charlie Balasavage, Terrie Morgan-Besecker.Examines the "kids for cash" scandal, in which two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judges had set up a system by which they would end up receiving $2.6 million from privately-owned juvenile detention centers for convicting more than 3,000 youths for mostly minor offenses.MPAA rating: PG-13, for some thematic material and language.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation (1.85:1, 16x9); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Legal films.; Nonfiction films.; Ciavarella, Mark, 1950-; Conahan, Michael, 1952-; Bribery; Corrections; Corruption; False imprisonment; Juvenile courts; Juvenile detention; Juvenile justice, Administration of;
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- Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / by Cooper, Candy J.,1955-Author(DLC)n 2011010584;
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- Subjects: True crime stories; Ciavarella, Mark, 1950-; Conahan, Michael, 1952-; Juvenile justice, Administration of; Corruption; Bribery; Judicial error; Juvenile courts; Juvenile detention;
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