Judges Behind 'Kids-for-Cash' Ordered to Pay More Than $200M
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200
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Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200
The two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated the scheme have been ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
Former Pennsylvania county judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were fined over $200 million for orchestrating a scheme send children as young as 8 to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks.
Two 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 who fell victim to their crimes. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 people
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