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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough...
Author
Publisher
Essential Library
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
1160L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of for-profit prisons in the United States justice system, exploring scandals like the "Kids for Cash" scheme in Pennsylvania and gerrymandering. Discusses whether or not for-profit prisons have a future in the American justice system. Includes a glossary.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the enormous, top-secret, invisible universe created by the government after 9/11 and describes why the system in place to keep us safe may actually be putting us in greater danger.
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the "kids for cash" scandal, in which two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judges had set up a system by which they would end up receiving $2.6 million from privately-owned juvenile detention centers for convicting more than 3,000 youths for mostly minor offenses.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. 'Dad' Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam. From that auspicious start, the family and its eponymous company would go on to 'build the world, ' from the construction of airports in Hong Kong and Doha, to pipelines and tunnels in Alaska and Europe, to mining and energy operations around the globe. Today Bechtel is one of the...
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