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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Philadelphia Inquirer" reporter William Ecenbarger comes the expose of a shocking scandal that ruined thousands of young lives--in paperback for the first time. As the "Boston Globe" wrote, "The story is incredible: Thousands of children wrongfully sentenced to juvenile detention centers, many without legal representation and after cursory hearings, by two rogue judges in northern Pennsylvania who received millions of dollars in bribes from the private institutions' owners." The story has all the elements of a true-crime legal thriller--mafia connections, colorful characters, corruption--and was made into a documentary of the same title, released in theaters in 2014.

Author Biography:

William Ecenbarger was part of a "Philadelphia Inquirer" reporting team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Once an international correspondent for "Reader's Digest," he has been published in the "Washington Post," the "Los Angeles Times," "Smithsonian Magazine," "Esquire," "Audubon," and other leading newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of "Walkin' the Line," a travel-history narrative about the Mason-Dixon Line. He lives with his wife, a travel photographer, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Release date Australia
September 18th, 2014
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
The New Press
Pages
288
Publisher
The New Press
Dimensions
137x206x15
ISBN-13
9781620970409
Product ID
22211333

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