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The Kids for Cash Judges and Point for Hasanabi

from Private Prison Penthouse | The Tim Dillon Show #312 · #312

9 min

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Tim discusses the "Kids for Cash" scandal where judges took kickbacks to send children to for-profit juvenile detention, some as young as 8, leading to overdoses and suicides; he argues the judges should be executed, tells his own story of getting a PINS petition as a kid, and introduces a running "point for Hasan" bit referencing a reaction video to his Rogan appearance.

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  • Judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks sentenced children as young as eight for jaywalking and truancy.
  • Tim argues these judges should be executed for ordering children to be shackled and taken away without defense or goodbye to families.
  • Idea for a segment called 'Point for Hasanabi' — awarding a Turkish delight candy when something bad happens in the capitalist system.
  • Nearly 300 victims awarded over $200 million in damages, but unlikely to see most of it; 79 victims were under age 13.
  • Several childhood victims from the lawsuit have since died from overdoses or suicide.
  • One of the judges was released from prison early over virus concerns with six years remaining on his sentence.
  • Tim proposes schools should build private prison simulations in playgrounds to teach kids about for-profit incarceration.
  • Tim recounts his own childhood brush with law when a neighbor put a PINS petition on him for smoking pot and joking with a knife.
  • Without family support and help from a judge like this, kids end up overdosing or turning to drugs.
  • Point for Hasanabi scoring system: Turkish delight for correct takes, mashed potatoes for wrong ones.
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private prisonskids for cash scandalMark CiverellaMichael ConahanHassan Piker

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