A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal. US District Judge Christopher Conner told Ciavarella and Conahan to pay more than $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages.

Judge Conner wrote in the memorandum:

The law is powerless to restore to plaintiffs the weeks, months, and years lost because of the actions of the defendants. But we hope that by listening to their experiences and acknowledging the depth of the damage done to their lives, we can provide them with a measure of closure and, with this memorandum opinion, ensure that their stories are never forgotten.

Ciavarella and Conahan were found guilty in 2010 of accepting over $2.6 million in return for sentencing hundreds of juveniles to detention in for-profit juvenile detention centers. During the 2010 trial, there were 282 children and 32 parents who testified against Ciavarella and Conahan. Many victims spoke about the two defendants’ “senseless placement decisions.” Ciavarella was sentenced to 28 years in prison and Conahan was sentenced to 17-and-a-half years.

The victims had already received damages from other liable parties, but Ciavarella and Conahan were the only ones who had yet to pay. Both former judges waived their right to participate at trial.