Kids for cash scandal
Judicial kickbacks case in Pennsylvania
Kids for cash scandal
The kids for cash scandal was a political scandal that occurred in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 2009. Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella, two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, were exposed for receiving kickbacks in return for harsh adjudications on juvenile deliquents to increase occupancy at a private prison operated by PA Child Care. Conahan and Ciavarella sent thousands of children in Luzerne County to extended stays in private youth detention centers for minor offenses, some as trivial as trespassing in a vacant building and mocking an assistant principal on Myspace, despite complaints being filed against the judges for their excessive adjudications. Conahan and Ciavarella were investigated for corruption dating back to 2000, while Robert Mericle, a real estate developer who built and owned the two juvenile detention centers; Robert Powell, a co-owner of the private prisons; and Sandra Brulo, former deputy director of Forensic Services for the...
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