TRCA Spotlight - Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and A Town That Looked Away

In the post-Columbine era, many believed that kids and teens needed hard discipline to keep them on the straight and narrow. However, as more and more young people were receiving shocking sentences for minor offenses a disturbing pattern of corruption and lies surfaced.

This is the true story of corrupt judges designing a "Kids for Cash" scheme that sent more than 2400 children and teens to a for-profit detention center.

 Tags: Criminal Justice & Law, Social Awareness, Social Issues

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