US: 2 JUDGES WHO ORCHESTRATED A SCHEME TO SEND CHILDREN TO FOR-PROFIT JAILS IN EXCHANGE FOR KICKBACKS ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $200 MILLION TO VICTIMS

On 17 August, NBC News reported that the judges in Pennsylvania shut down a county-run juvenile detention centre and accepted $2.8 million from the builder and co-owner of 2 for-profit jails; and one, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of children would be sent to the facilities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judges-sent-children-profit-jails-kickbacks-ordered-pay-200-million-da-rcna43538

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