KIDS FOR CASH Documentary with Filmmaker Robert May
Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner
Episode 158
Episode Synopsis
KIDS FOR CASH documents the Pennsylvania scandal of selling children into the prison system at the hands of corrupt Judge Mark Arthur Ciavarella, Jr. How Ciavarella got embedded with the privatized prison system, how children were profited off of, and the plight of the imprisoned minors is shared with clips, the trailer, and in depth discussion with director Robert May in this uncensored Media Mayhem interview.
Guest Bio
Director/Producer/Founder, SenArt Films; Robert May executive produced STEVIE and Oscar® winning FOG OF WAR: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, and produced THE STATION AGENT, THE WAR TAPES and BONNEVILLE.
Hosts
Allison Hope Weiner
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcome to Media Mayhem.
01:30 Introducing Robert May.
02:00 The juvenile justice system.
04:20 Kids for Cash clip: Trailer.
06:40 The lack of representation for juveniles and the inability to hire a proper council.
12:00 Controlling the rising level of violence in schools, zero tolerance, and judge’s views of child rearing.
17:10 Children who’ve gone through the system and their crime vs. the scope of their punishment.
22:50 Kids for Cash clip: One student’s plight.
25:00 Indefinite probation and the extreme length of juvenile sentences.
29:30 The lack of inspection of dirty juvenile detention facilities.
31:30 Minority disparity in the system and broadening the discussion.
34:20 Are the parents to blame for lack of discipline?
45:00 Counseling for kids leaving the program and dealing with probation.
49:10 Thanks and goodbye.
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