Movie about crooked juvenile judges

There is a new movie, favorably reviewed, about the Penn. Kids for cash scandal. I posted before when the juvenile court judges plead guilty, withdrew their pleas, got sued, convicted, and sentenced.

If you cannot wait for the movie, listen to the free podcast of the Democracy Now episode:

Today a special on "kids for cash," the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities. We hear from two of the youth: Charlie Balasavage was sent to juvenile detention after his parents unknowingly bought him a stolen scooter; Hillary Transue was detained for creating a MySpace page mocking her assistant high school principal. They were both 14 years old and were sentenced by the same judge, Judge Mark Ciavarella, who is now in jail himself — serving a 28-year sentence. Balasavage and Transue are featured in the new documentary, "Kids for Cash," by filmmaker Robert May, who also joins us.

The problem here is not just that these judges were cruel and crooked, but that there is so little public accountability for their bad behavior.

If there were justice, Irwin H. Joseph and Heather D. Morse would be in prison also.