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And here's why private prisons are a bad thing:
Two judges nabbed in a prison scam
A pair of juvenile court judges in Pennsylvania have pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks between 2003 and 2006 in exchange for sending youths to privately run detention centres. According to prosecutors, former Luzerne County judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan raked in more than $3 million for sending young offenders to facilities run by PA Child Care LLC and Western PA Child Care LLC.
Several counties in Pennsylvania have agreements with detention centre operators in which the companies are paid according to the number of detainees they house. Conahan is alleged to have played a leading role in shutting down the county’s publicly run detention centre in 2002 and in directing the multi-million-dollar contracts toward the two companies.
Two judges nabbed in a prison scam
A pair of juvenile court judges in Pennsylvania have pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks between 2003 and 2006 in exchange for sending youths to privately run detention centres. According to prosecutors, former Luzerne County judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan raked in more than $3 million for sending young offenders to facilities run by PA Child Care LLC and Western PA Child Care LLC.
Several counties in Pennsylvania have agreements with detention centre operators in which the companies are paid according to the number of detainees they house. Conahan is alleged to have played a leading role in shutting down the county’s publicly run detention centre in 2002 and in directing the multi-million-dollar contracts toward the two companies.
