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> Remember when Pennsylvania judges took kickbacks to send teenagers to for-profit detention centers? They ruined thousands of people's entire lives, but hey th
by jihadjihad 1y ago
> Remember when Pennsylvania judges took kickbacks to send teenagers to for-profit detention centers? They ruined thousands of people's entire lives, but hey they made a quick buck!
And one of the judges [0] in the “kids for cash” scandal had the remainder of his federal sentence commuted by President Biden before he left office.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Conahan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Conahan
- zzrrt 1y agoDang, TIL. Not that it really excuses it, but for more information: that convict was one of many given clemency who were already on home release due to COVID and had behaved well. Seems he had about 2 years left.