#409 Don't Sell Children to Private For-Profit Prisons

Mark Ciavarella Jr, dirty judge and all around scumbag!

US judge receives 28-year jail term for his role in kids-for-cash kickbacks

Mark Ciavarella Jr. was a judge in the state of Pennsylvania. He had a buddy who owned a prison who said he'd give him money if he'd help send him kids to populate his prison with. And the judge did and was paid large sums of money for being a crooked bag of crap ruining people's lives so he could profit.

From the link:

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by the former Luzerne County judge [Mark Ciavarella Jr.] between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles – including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Ciavarella Jnr, 61, was tried and convicted of racketeering charges earlier this year but his lawyers had asked for a “reasonable” sentence, claiming that he had already been punished enough.

Yes, that's right, his fucking lawyers want a lighter sentence because he's already been punished enough. Um, no, no you haven't. Until every single one of those people you sent to prison for your profit gets the years of their lives back you sold AND they get to kick you in the balls as many times as they feel like kicking you in the balls.

Then, maybe THEN, you'll have been punished enough. But probably not for the immeasurable harm you've caused families and communities. All for your own pathetic petty greed.

I hope your prison stay is an excruciatingly unpleasant and painful one, Mark Ciavarella Jr. And I hope the assholes you conspired with get just as long or longer sentences and I hope other people in your position rethink their plans to use the system to get rich(er) while denying Americans their rights.

Rule #409 is Don't Sell Children to Private For-Profit Prisons