Citing its responsibility to protect its constituents, the City of Leavenworth is reinforcing its belief that CoreCivic must obtain a special use permit to open an ICE detention facility.

Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An inmate died Saturday, March 29, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Leavenworth, Kansas. Around ...

The City of Leavenworth has filed a federal lawsuit against private prison operator CoreCivic, alleging the company is attempting to reopen a previously shuttered detention facility without obtaining ...

On the outskirts of Leavenworth, Kansas, sits an imposing concrete structure ringed with razor wire fencing. The prison hasn’t held ... the first month of the new administration saw Immigration ...

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But it speaks volumes that CoreCivic couldn’t bear even this small amount of accountability,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas ... the prison company’s plan for the Leavenworth ...

Company officials say they don't need permission to house federal immigration detainees at a shuttered prison. LEAVENWORTH, Kansas — The Leavenworth City Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday ...

A day room attached to cells at the Midwest Regional Reception Center private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, Matthew Kelly Some of those detainees are already being held in a different Leavenworth ...