Kids for cash

  • And they're off

    And they're off
    Judge Michael T Conahan signs a commitment plan to send juveniles to a for profit detention center that was proposed at the time.
  • Where is Powell?

    Where is Powell?
    Powell is first publicly identified as an investor for the proposed center
  • Why?

    Why?
    Judge Ciaverella was relected
  • 95 percent wrong

    95 percent wrong
    Millions of children are arrested for non violent crimes each year
  • SIlly rabbit kids ain't for cash

    SIlly rabbit kids ain't for cash
    Robert Powell would pay 4.75 million dollars after a federal judge signs off on the settlement
  • breaking the ties

    breaking the ties
    Powell secretly records conversations with both judges
  • payback sucks

    payback sucks
    Powell pleads guilty and is sentenced to 5.5 years to prison.
  • you're out of here

    you're out of here
    Conahan is sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty
  • The decision

    The decision
    Ciaverella was sentenced to 28 years in prison
  • And it's gone...

    And it's gone...
    All the cases were dismissed and erased from the files