Mark Ciavarella, during the notorious “kids for cash” scandal two decades ago. It is a particularly bitter irony that the scandal occurred in northeast Pennsylvania, the region Mr. Biden made ...

But, Hillary Transue, one of the hundreds of juvenile victims as well as the whistleblower in the case that sent Conahan, fellow judge Mark Ciavarella and other key players to prison, had a ...

Conahan and fellow Judge Mark Ciavarella were convicted in connection with a scheme that sent thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks.

Man found guilty after ‘stash house’ raid seized drugs, guns Conahan, along with former judge Mark Ciavarella, were convicted of sending juveniles to for-profit prisons in exchange for millions of ...

Conahan and fellow Judge Mark Ciavarella, both of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, were convicted in connection with a scheme that sent thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in ...