Biden's decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern ... of children would fill the beds of the private lockups. The scandal prompted the ...

One of the men whose sentence Biden commuted was Michael Conahan, a Pennsylvania judge ... of sending juvenile delinquents to private for-profit prisons in exchange for more than $2 million.

Biden's decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania ... guaranteed large numbers of children would fill the beds of the private lockups ...

in which he received kickbacks from private prisons in exchange for sentencing juveniles to detention. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) criticized President Biden’s decision regarding Michael ...

Conahan, of Wilkes-Barre, was dubbed the "kids for cash judge" after he was charged in connection with a scheme to send juvenile offenders to for-profit prisons in exchange for kickbacks.

Editor: In your editorial of Jan. 4, you castigate President Biden for granting a “pardon” to former Judge Michael Conahan ... from confinement in a federal prison by the Trump administration ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Along with this, Trump also signed an executive ...