10. Kids for Cash
Average score based on the number of mentions: 2; IMDB Rating: 7.1;
Overall Insider Monkey score: 4.55
This documentary is unique in the list of 11 best crime documentaries on Amazon Prime Instant as it focuses on the crime of judges. It revealed that the judges were offered kickbacks or bribes so that they would send juveniles convicted of minor offenses to jail. This was the sentence implemented even when lesser penalties such as probation would have sufficed. Thousands of juveniles were sent to prison in this scheme.
