The following case study is from Pennsylvania Juvenile Courts February 2014 that involves a corrupt ‘kids for cash’ scheme that landed many teens in a juvenile detention center. Judge Ciavarella placed about three-thousand juveniles in detention for their minor violations opposed to giving them a warning or chance to change their behaviors. In exchange for sending the children away, the judge received over a two million dollar profit from the facility which housed the delinquents. The carless actions of Judge Ciaverella robbed many teens of their high school years. One of the most significant results of how the Judges greed affected minors, is the death of Ed Kenzakoski. Ed wound up in the system after his parents developed a plan to scare
