{"id":4698,"date":"2021-08-02T11:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:27:23","slug":"kids-for-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/kids-for-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids for Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids for Cash<\/strong><\/a> – KIDS FOR CASH is a riveting look behind the notorious scandal that rocked the nation when it first came to light in 2009. Beginning in the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, over 3,000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years for crimes as petty as creating a fake MySpace page. When one parent dared to question this harsh brand of justice, it was revealed that the judge had received millions of dollars in payments from the privately-owned juvenile detention centers where the kids\u2014most of them only in their early teens\u2014were incarcerated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>