Kids for Cash

I concur with the Judge on this. Not guilty of cash for kids.

It appears from this documentary that there were no ongoing payments for keeping the facilities full. The Judge had a reputation of sending juveniles down (prior to the decision to close the original facility).

Guilty of bribery and corruption yes. Guilty of robbing the juveniles of their right to representation, but that was not on the charge sheet.

The judge does describe an incident in his youth where he said his father clobbered him for attempting to steal a car. Would you rather get punched in the mouth or be sent to lock-up? That is what I would like to ask that creep.

The problem lies with the system. Two million children arrested each year; 95% are for non violent crimes. This reflects the adult prison population in the USA which has the highest rate of incarceration in the world and more prisoners than the rest of the world combined.

Many of these prisons are privately owned slave plantations. The justice system is corrupted by prison for profit.

The parole system ensures a rapid recycling of ex cons back into the system and more profits for prison owners (like Bill Gates)

The USA is a corrupted violent society. It's collapse is imminent.

The facts at the end of the documentary are a sad indictment of the US and it's propensity to violence