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The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. [1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated ...
Mark Arthur Ciavarella Jr. (born March 3, 1950) is an American convicted felon and former President Judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who was involved, along with fellow judge Michael Conahan, in the "kids for cash" scandal in 2008, [4] for which he was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison in 2011.
Kids for Cash is a 2013 documentary film about the "kids for cash" scandal which unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.Two judges were found guilty of accepting kickbacks in exchange for sending thousands of juveniles to detention centers when probation or a lesser penalty would have been appropriate.
He and a second judge, Mark Ciavarella, were charged with accepting $2.8 million in kickbacks for diverting hundreds of children to PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care, two for-profit juvenile ...
Dec. 26—WILKES-BARRE — A senior judge with no ties to the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas will likely be assigned to preside over the divorce and child custody cases of a couple after a ...
Feb. 15—WILKES-BARRE — A senior judge from Lackawanna County was assigned to preside over the case of a Wilkes-Barre man accused of yelling threats directed at three Luzerne County judges ...
District Judge Julia K. Munley: Scranton: 1965 2023–present — — Biden: 27 District Judge Karoline Mehalchick: Scranton: 1976 2024–present — — Biden: 28 District Judge Joseph F. Saporito Jr. Wilkes-Barre: 1960 2024–present — — Biden: 29 District Judge Keli M. Neary: Harrisburg: 1981 2025–present — — Biden: 18 Senior Judge ...
Dec. 29—WILKES-BARRE — Two newly elected district judges took their oaths of office during an installation ceremony at the Luzerne County Courthouse on Friday. Carol Davenport was sworn in by ...