Kids for Cash (2013)
- Directed by
- Robert May
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 63 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary recounts a scandal in Pennsylvania where two judges secretly took money from private prison companies. They then gave harsh detention sentences to thousands of teenagers for minor offenses like shoplifting. The film shows how the justice system punished kids for profit.
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What happens
Kids for Cash is a 2013 documentary film about the "kids for cash" scandal which unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Two judges were found guilty of accepting kickbacks in exchange for sending thousands of juveniles to detention centers when probation or a lesser penalty would have been appropriate. Some juveniles were sent to detention centers for incidents as minor as theft of a CD from Walmart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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