Format:
Book
Author:
Cooper, Candy J., 1955- author.
Title:
Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / Candy J. Cooper.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]
Description:
192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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
Target Audience Note:
Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek
Subjects:
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
Corruption -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
Bribery -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
Judicial error -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
Juvenile courts -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
Juvenile detention -- Pennsylvania -- Juvenile literature.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
"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
Contents:
Portal to calamity -- Just Greed -- Intolerance -- Four men and a building -- Kids for cash -- Kingdom of silence -- Divergence -- Villain or victim -- 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.
LCCN:
2023044554
ISBN:
9781662620133
1662620136
Other Number:
1428168411
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
1734882
Call Number:
364.134 C776s
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
3
# System items in:
3