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Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized...

One judge ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders convicted of minor crimes.

Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200...

Under the scheme, hundreds of children as young as eight were handcuffed and taken away from families

The victims of the kids-for-cash judicial scandal are slated to receive over $200 million in compensation, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday.

The money will be divided between more than 300 juveniles who were jailed.

Ciavarella and Conahan were ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized

Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups.

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes.

The money will be divided between more than 300 juveniles who were jailed.