Robert J. Powell, the former co-owner of two private juvenile-detention facilities at the center of the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal, has agreed to pay at least $4.75 million to settle his portion of a civil suit brought by a class of juvenile plaintiffs.
The master stipulation and agreement of settlement the parties jointly filed also said that, depending on Powell’s assets at the end of 2016, Powell could provide up to an additional $2.75 million toward the settlement.
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