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

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 ...

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.

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

The largest private prison company in the U.S. appears poised to pursue a contract with ICE to detain immigrants, despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEAVENWORTH—A man recently indicted on drug charges died over the weekend in the federal prison in Leavenworth. Just after 7 ...

A blog about Kansas City politics and culture.

Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crimes last month. Gilberto Mendoza Jr. was sentenced in Leavenworth County court to more than 11 years in prison for two ...

KANSAS CITY ... According to Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, the state had requested a 32-month prison sentence, but the judge instead made a border box finding and imposed 36 months ...

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 ...