“Journalists found a troubled system beset by lax hiring standards, low pay, sexual misconduct and beatings bought for the price of a pastry.” Got a criminal record? A bad employment history? Well, there’s good news: The Florida juvenile justice is hiring, and you’re just what they’re looking for. From a team of reporters at the Miami Herald, a disturbing series on the juvenile detention centers turned into modern-day gladiator pits: Fight Club.

+ The Marshall Project: “Cooking Them to Death”: The Lethal Toll of Hot Prisons.