# Penn. judges bribed to sentence kids to private jails

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 17, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-judges-bribed-to-sentence-kids-to-private-jails/486286 "2009-02-17T16:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-judges-bribed-to-sentence-kids-to-private-jails/486286/1 "2009-02-17T16:48:23Z")

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[http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Corrupt\_judges\_paid\_to\_detain\_youth\_02162009.html](http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Corrupt_judges_paid_to_detain_youth_02162009.html)  
Two judges admitted that they got 2.6 million bucks from a private jail system to sentence kids to jail time. One 14 yr old girl wrote a lampooning story on face book about her asst. principal. She spent 11 months in jail.  
The judges pushed them to sign paper work that rejected having a lawyer at their trial. They went in thinking ,"what kind of trouble can I be in for such an infraction’ ,so went in unrepresented. Shop lifting, fights ,did not matter. They got jail time.  
I have always objected to private prisons. This certainly reinforces my viewpoint. These judges may not be the only ones. They did great harm to these kids lives for money. I bet they get off pretty clean.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-judges-bribed-to-sentence-kids-to-private-jails/486286/2 "2009-02-17T16:50:09Z")

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[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/feb/prison-bribed-penn-judges](http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2009/feb/prison-bribed-penn-judges) This story has the judges names. They should not hide from the public.

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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-judges-bribed-to-sentence-kids-to-private-jails/486286/3 "2009-02-17T16:55:31Z")

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[this story already has a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506189)

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-judges-bribed-to-sentence-kids-to-private-jails/486286/4 "2009-02-17T16:57:44Z")

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Closed duplicate thread.

**Gfactor**  
General Questions Moderator