Part One: The Cash for Kids Scandal
Behind the Bastards
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Judge C. of Rella told one kid during sentencing to count the number of birds on the windowsill outside the courtroom. The judge gave the boy one month in detention for each bird sitting outside the courtroom, he says. "He's making it fun for himself, you know? Yeah"
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Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss The Cash for Kids Scandal.
FOOTNOTES:
- https://www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287286626/kids-for-cash-captures-a-juvenile-justice-scandal-from-two-sides
- https://medium.com/lantern-theater-company-searchlight/the-kids-for-cash-scandal-d28ad3ae60b
- https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pa-kids-for-cash-hearing-20211026-2gh3amol5rgv7gqv3wzefuvcna-story.html
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/glen-mills-schools-license-closed-pa-abuse-investigation-dhs-20190408.html
- https://www.timesleader.com/top-stories/816416/ciavarella-denied-compassionate-release
- https://www.timesleader.com/news/747620/us-attorney-rejects-ciavarella-book-claims
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/11/kids-for-cash-judge-pennsylvania
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160127144717/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r109:E09MR6-0027
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123854010220075533
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110224063902/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-23/justice/pennsylvania.corrupt.judges_1_detention-judges-number-of-juvenile-offenders/2?_s=PM%3ACRIME
- https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28judges.html?_r=1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150208170455/http://archives.timesleader.com/2009_44/2009_08_23_What_precisely_did_2_judges_do__-news.html
- https://jjie.org/2010/03/22/getting-the-juvenile-justice-system-to-grow-up/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091214020749/http://citizensvoice.com/news/lokuta-says-conduct-board-kept-conahan-allegations-under-wraps-1.480057
- https://news.yahoo.com/ciavarella-trial-where-now-005100734.html
- https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-wire-pa-kids-for-cash-judge-wants-payment-from-coconspirators-inlaws-1106-20141106-story.html
- https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/at-sentencing-defense-cites-conahans-upbringing-for-ex-judges-role-in-scandal/article_39ecd457-a7bb-5d7d-8eca-30f75e89415c.html
- https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/lawyers-ciavarella-railroaded-adults-too/article_5f605d69-dc9c-5d29-b9c7-7c177848f38a.html
- https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/casual-ciavarella-galls-kids-families/article_6fe54754-15a3-55eb-86e1-889a9ce96b14.html
- https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/ciavarella-apologizes-then-rips-accusers-in-courtroom-soliloquy/article_72f8a3de-0f66-53bc-ac7c-1c61df2e47f4.html
- https://www.splcenter.org/news/2012/05/03/investigation-lawsuit-expose-barbaric-conditions-profit-youth-prison-mississippi
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/25/more-than-century-texas-youth-prisons-have-fostered-abuse/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/us/texas-juvenile-centers-investigation.htmlh
- https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/professor-says-allegations-of-abuse-are-nothing-new-in-texas-juvenile-justice-system/
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