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Part One: The Cash for Kids Scandal

Behind the Bastards

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The Importance of Having a Ride Home

CNN's John Sutter looks at the case of a Pennsylvania juvenile detention center. The facility is accused of extorting two judges in order to secure $1 million for its expansion. Judge Arela Crela and his business partner, Robert Marickel, allegedly agreed to bribe them so they would stop sending more kids there. But critics say it was all part of an effort to get children out of trouble by giving them better treatment.

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