Shackled a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away

"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...

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Main Author: Cooper, Candy J., 1955- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Grades 7-9
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
ISBN:9781662620133
1662620136
9781662620140
1662620144
Author Notes:Candy J. Cooper is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. She has been a staff writer for four newspapers, including The Detroit Free Press and The San Francisco Examiner . Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine , The Columbia Journalism Review and The Chronicle of Higher Education , among other publications. She is the author of Poisoned Water: How The Citizens of Flint, Michigan Fought For Their Lives and Warned the Nation , published by Bloomsbury.