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

Cooper, Candy J., 1955- (author.).

Summary:

In the early 2000s, Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania were known as no-nonsense judges. Juveniles who showed up in their courtrooms faced harsh words and even harsher sentencing. In the post-Columbine era, many people believed that was just what the county needed to ensure its children and teens stayed on the straight and narrow path. But as more and more children faced shocking sentences for seemingly benign crimes, and a newly built for-profit detention center filled up further and further, a sinister pattern of abuses and bribery emerged. Through extensive research and original reporting leading into contemporary times, award-winning journalist Candy J. Cooper tells the story of a scandal that the Juvenile Law Center calls “one of the largest and most serious violations of children's rights in the history of the American legal system.” -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781662620133
ISBN: 1662620136
Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references 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:	1140L Lexile 13-17 Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek