I note that other reviews have criticised the second half of this as being unrealistic and even one has suggested it has some sort of "liberal" agenda.
The only problem with criticising it for being over the top and unrealistic to portray a right wing judge handing out tough sentences on juveniles for trivial offences in return for monetary gain in deals with a private prison, is that it's obviously based on the kids for cash case. in which judges did exactly that in return for money and favours. Sadly with the growth of the private prison industry the practice of judiciary being prepared to ruin peoples lives for their own gain is probably not an isolated incident.
Googling "Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan" will provide information about the cash for kids case if you are not familiar with it.
The episode itself doesn't really pick up until the second half, I might well have not continued watching if I didn't know in advance that it was going to get more interesting, but the second half makes up for the first.
The only problem with criticising it for being over the top and unrealistic to portray a right wing judge handing out tough sentences on juveniles for trivial offences in return for monetary gain in deals with a private prison, is that it's obviously based on the kids for cash case. in which judges did exactly that in return for money and favours. Sadly with the growth of the private prison industry the practice of judiciary being prepared to ruin peoples lives for their own gain is probably not an isolated incident.
Googling "Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan" will provide information about the cash for kids case if you are not familiar with it.
The episode itself doesn't really pick up until the second half, I might well have not continued watching if I didn't know in advance that it was going to get more interesting, but the second half makes up for the first.