Why prisons cannot be privatized and judges cannot be trusted?

May 25, 2011

Videos , Politics , Society

A shocking revelation by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about two Pennsylvania judges who have pleaded guilty to taking bribes in return for placing youths in privately owned jails:

Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan are said to have received nearly $3 million for ensuring juvenile suspects were jailed in prisons operated by the companies PA Child Care and a sister company, Western PA Child Care. Some of the youths were jailed over the objections of their probation officers. According to Juvenile Law Center, an organization responsible for exposing the corrupt judges, an estimated 5,000 juveniles have been sentenced by Ciavarella since the scheme started in 2002.

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