For decades,Carlton Palms' elusive founder, Ken Mazik, and has wielded his power and influence to sway members of Congress and state legislatures into bending the rules in his favor --from scuttling laws that would limit the use of physical restraints,to securing permission from the state of Florida to amass a fortune in Medicaid funding.
As one of his former employees told us, "Ken Mazik made millions of dollars tying up tiny kids."
Source: wnyc.org