Kids for Cash

See also Democracy Now:

"[T]housands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities... "

"Charlie Balasavage was sent to juvenile detention after his parents unknowingly bought him a stolen scooter; Hillary Transue was detained for creating a MySpace page mocking her assistant high school principal. They were both 14 years old and were sentenced by the same judge, Judge Mark Ciavarella, who is now in jail himself — serving a 28-year sentence. "


"Balasavage and Transue are featured in the new documentary, "Kids for Cash," by filmmaker Robert May..."

"The story is still developing: In October, the private juvenile-detention companies in the scandal settled a civil lawsuit for $2.5 million."

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/4/kids_for_cash_inside_one_of