# Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury vacations from GOP donor without disclosing **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-secretly-accepted-luxury-vacations-from-gop-donor-without-disclosing/982252 "2023-04-06T14:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 177
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> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I have no idea what sorts of investments would be considered to suggest a conflict of interest. For profit prisons? > **[Kids for cash scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal)** > > The "kids for cash" scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated by PA Child Care. > Ciavarella disposed thousands of children to extended stays in youth centers for offenses as trivial as mocking an assistant principal on... > [@Corrupt Juvie Court Judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupt-juvie-court-judges/485499/1): > > [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142654/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142654/) These two juvenile court judges are accused of getting kickbacks from private detention facilities for harsh sentences they imposed on their charges. Weirdly, the kicking back private detention facility operators don’t seem to be charged. I am disgusted. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-secretly-accepted-luxury-vacations-from-gop-donor-without-disclosing/982252)._