Conahan

Judge Michael Conahan is accused of securing the contracts from PA Child Care's former owner, Robert Powell, while Judge Ciavarella did the dirty work of keeping the private facilities well-stocked with new wards.

Judges Sent Hundreds Of Teens To Private Detention Centers In Exchange For Millions - The Consumerist 2009

Forte, as it turned out, was looking to find a new source to buy cocaine from and Neal DeAngelo promised him he would call Conahan to run the name of a suspected drug dealer by him.

Times Leader News 2009

"I'm not in a position to be able to call Conahan in this case."

Times Leader News 2009

Titus said he was precluded from commenting specifically on the Conahan complaint because misconduct charges were never filed against Conahan, meaning all documents related to the case are confidential.

Times Leader News 2009

Soon, no doubt, judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, will be unwigged (or whatever happens to corrupt judges) and find themselves in the hoosegow.

House Points: Those Pennsylvania judges again 2009

Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan of the Court of Common Pleas in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, entered plea agreements in federal court in Scranton admitting that they took payoffs from PA Childcare and a sister company, Western PA Childcare, between 2003 and 2006.

Pennsylvania judges admit taking bribes to jail teenagers 2009

Ciavarella and Conahan collected about $2.8 million from Mr. Powell and others in exchange for decisions from the bench that kept juveniles flowing into the detention centers, prosecutors alleged.

Prison for Ex-Judge in Corruption Case Ashby Jones 2011

Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan are said to have received $2.6 million for ensuring juvenile suspects were jailed in prisons operated by the companies PA Child Care and a sister company, Western PA Child Care.

More on the Pennsylvania juvenile justice scandal 2009

Another judge, Michael Conahan, pleaded guilty last year to a racketeering charge in connection with the alleged scheme.

Prison for Ex-Judge in Corruption Case Ashby Jones 2011

But Ciavarella and Conahan were only taking the commercialisation of crime control to its logical conclusion.

House Points: Those Pennsylvania judges again 2009