# Diving Deep into the Kids for Cash Scandal with Marsha Levick

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Podcast: [Fraudsters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149)
Published: 2025-02-18T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week’s bonus episode is an interview with Marsha Levick, the co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of the Juvenile Law Center. We dive into the infamous Kids for Cash scandal—how it was exposed, the fight for justice, and the larger patterns of corruption that allow people to profit from locking up kids. We also explore the devastating impact of the War on Drugs on juvenile incarceration, the dehumanization of youth in the system, and how policing and policy have evolved from Reagan to today. Where have we made progress, and what work still needs to be done?

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