Downfall

Set against the backdrop of a Philadelphia alternative school for at-risk youth, the story unfolds after the mysterious death of student Curtis Templeton is dismissed as an accident. Two years later, former detective Joel Williams and his colleagues investigate the incident for a research paper, uncovering a web of deception within the for-profit education system. As they dig deeper, they confront powerful interests tied to a new research center on juvenile offenders, leading to a clash between truth and institutional corruption.