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Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / Candy J. Cooper.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781662620133
  • ISBN: 1662620136
  • Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Portal to calamity -- Just Greed -- Intolerance -- Four men and a building -- Kids for cash -- Kingdom of silence -- Divergence -- Squeezed -- Standing up -- Cracks -- Cat and mouse -- Terrible, horrible, no good -- Rage and sorrow -- Deal or no deal -- Depths of indifference -- Frisbee, yoga, spin -- Unimaginable brutality -- Harm reduction -- Branded.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek.
1140L Lexile
Subject: Juvenile justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices > Pennsylvania.
Corruption > Law and legislation > Pennsylvania.
Bribery > Law and legislation > Pennsylvania.
Judicial error > Pennsylvania.
Juvenile courts > Pennsylvania.
Juvenile detention > Pennsylvania.
Genre: Young adult literature.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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