Part One: The Cash for Kids Scandal

Behind the Bastards

Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss The Cash for Kids Scandal.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287286626/kids-for-cash-captures-a-juvenile-justice-scandal-from-two-sides
2. https://medium.com/lantern-theater-company-searchlight/the-kids-for-cash-scandal-d28ad3ae60b
3. https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pa-kids-for-cash-hearing-20211026-2gh3amol5rgv7gqv3wzefuvcna-story.html
4. https://www.inquirer.com/news/glen-mills-schools-license-closed-pa-abuse-investigation-dhs-20190408.html
5. https://www.timesleader.com/top-stories/816416/ciavarella-denied-compassionate-release
6. https://www.timesleader.com/news/747620/us-attorney-rejects-ciavarella-book-claims
7. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/11/kids-for-cash-judge-pennsylvania
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127144717/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r109:E09MR6-0027
9. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123854010220075533
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20110224063902/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-23/justice/pennsylvania.corrupt.judges_1_detention-judges-number-of-juvenile-offenders/2?_s=PM%3ACRIME
11. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28judges.html?_r=1
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208170455/http://archives.timesleader.com/2009_44/2009_08_23_What_precisely_did_2_judges_do__-news.html
13. https://jjie.org/2010/03/22/getting-the-juvenile-justice-system-to-grow-up/
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20091214020749/http://citizensvoice.com/news/lokuta-says-conduct-board-kept-conahan-allegations-under-wraps-1.480057
15. https://news.yahoo.com/ciavarella-trial-where-now-005100734.html
16. https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-wire-pa-kids-for-cash-judge-wants-payment-from-coconspirators-inlaws-1106-20141106-story.html
17. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/at-sentencing-defense-cites-conahans-upbringing-for-ex-judges-role-in-scandal/article_39ecd457-a7bb-5d7d-8eca-30f75e89415c.html
18. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/lawyers-ciavarella-railroaded-adults-too/article_5f605d69-dc9c-5d29-b9c7-7c177848f38a.html
19. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/casual-ciavarella-galls-kids-families/article_6fe54754-15a3-55eb-86e1-889a9ce96b14.html
20. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/ciavarella-apologizes-then-rips-accusers-in-courtroom-soliloquy/article_72f8a3de-0f66-53bc-ac7c-1c61df2e47f4.html
21. https://www.splcenter.org/news/2012/05/03/investigation-lawsuit-expose-barbaric-conditions-profit-youth-prison-mississippi
22. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/25/more-than-century-texas-youth-prisons-have-fostered-abuse/
23. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/us/texas-juvenile-centers-investigation.htmlh
24. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/professor-says-allegations-of-abuse-are-nothing-new-in-texas-juvenile-justice-system/

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