Title:
Kids for cash
Author:
May, Robert (Film producer), film director.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Kino Lorber, [2014]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, over 3000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years over petty crimes. When one parent dared to question his harsh brand of justice, it was revealed the judge had received millions of dollars in payments from the privately-owned juvenile detention centers.
General Note:
Title from web page.
Originally released in 2013.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
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UPC:
738329153120
Format :
DVD
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Summary
Director Robert May details the story of corrupt Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella, who ordered the imprisonment of numerous minors for legal transgressions that were often minimal offenses because he was receiving payoffs from people who ran the institutions those sentenced by him would be forced to attend. The judge became a celebrity for his supposed no-nonsense approach to juvenile infractions, making the discovery and exposure of his graft all the more shocking and painful. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi