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As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them put in prison, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited.
In Texas, an 11 Year-Old Girl has been charged with a crime for wearing too much perfume in school. Children as young as 6-years-old have been charged with CRIMES for such things in school.
We have a government corruption crisis, and it is time for we the people to fix this. Read all about it and see two shocking videos....
As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded guilty in this stunning case of greed and corruption. Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan received $2.6 million in kickbacks while imprisoning children, often without any access to a lawyer. The case offers an extraordinary glimpse into the shameful private prison industry that is flourishing in the United States. The judges accepted money from attorney Robert Powell, the co-owner and builder of two private for-profit juvenile facilities, in return for contracting with the facilities and imposing harsh sentences on juveniles brought before their courts in order to ensure that the detention centers would be utilized. A federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania returned a 48 count indictment against Ciavarella and Conahan including racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery and federal tax violations on September 9, 2009.
Robert Powell, an attorney, and co-owner of the two juvenile detention facilities at the heart of the scandal, pleaded guilty on July 1 to failing to report a felony and being an accessory to tax evasion conspiracy, in connection with $770,000 in kickbacks he paid to Ciavarella and Conahan in exchange for facilitating the development of his facilities. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court temporarily suspended Powell’s law license on September 1, citing his criminal conviction.
Robert Mericle, a prominent real estate developer who built the two juvenile detention facilities, pleaded guilty to failing to disclose a felony, for not revealing to a grand jury that he had paid $2.1 million to Ciavarella and Conahan as a finder's fee. As part of his plea, Mericle has agreed to pay $2.15 million to fund local children's health and welfare programs. Mericle faces up to three years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine but will likely serve one year or even probation pursuant to his plea agreement.
This video tells the story:
In Texas, an 11 Year-Old Girl has been charged with a crime for wearing too much perfume in school. Children as young as 6-years-old have been charged with CRIMES for such things in school.
William M. Windsor
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