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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 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes.
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.
Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan accepted $2.8m in illegal payments to send children to for-profit jails
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Two Pennsylvania judges who sent kids as young as 8 to for-profit jails and then pocketed a cut of the revenue have been ordered to pay back more than $200 million to their victims.