Feb. 17—Thursday marks 10 years since former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. was convicted in federal court for the "kids-for-cash" scandal. Here's an update on the key players in the case ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A disgraced Pennsylvania judge who locked up thousands of juvenile offenders while he was taking kickbacks from the owner and builder of for-profit detention centers has lost ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of disgraced Luzerne County “Kids for Cash” Judge Michael Conahan. Conahan and fellow Judge Mark Ciavarella were ...

Common Pleas Judge Mark A. Ciaverella of Luzerne Co., Pa., in one of the more shameful displays of judicial digression, got lucrative kickbacks from private juvenile detention centers after sending ...

The state Supreme Court has appointed a senior Berks County judge to review potentially thousands of cases that were handled by Luzerne County juvenile court judge Mark Ciavarella dating back to 2003.

WILKES-BARRE — Disgraced former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. is liable for civil damages sought by thousands of juveniles he sentenced to detention centers, U.S. District Judge A.

A judge who helped orchestrate one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S.history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks — was among the 1,500 people whose sentences ...

A federal judge on Wednesday once again denied former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella’s request for compassionate release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a May court filing, Ciavarella claimed ...

Attorney Al Flora Jr. stood outside a federal courthouse in Scranton 10 years ago and declared victory on behalf of former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. after a jury acquitted him of 27 ...

Disgraced kids-for-cash Judge Mark A. Ciavarella’s bid for a compassionate release from his 28-year federal prison sentence has been denied. Citing a host of medical ailments ranging from chronic ...