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 ...

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 ...

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 ...