Mark Ciavarella Jr., a former judge from Luzerne county Pennsylvania, is about to spend the next 28 years of his life trapped in a system he was selected to support.
According to a report via the Associated Press, Ciavarella was convicted of racketeering charges in 2011 for trading “Kids-for-cash.” Ciavarella, along with another judge, Michael Conahan, were involved with the owners and constructors of two for-profit juvenile detention centers in Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2008.
