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 ...

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

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 ...

Gustin said immigrants exiting the Leavenworth facility would either be processed at the Kansas City, Missouri, ICE office 30 miles away or flown out from the Kansas City International Airport. “Just ...

What’s Your KCQ? looks back at the prisoner of war camps that were scattered across the KC region during World War II.

“Our zoning ordinance states that they have now vacated their use as a private prison, which means they need to apply for a ...

Gustin said immigrants exiting the Leavenworth facility would either be processed at the Kansas City, Missouri, ICE office 30 miles away or flown out from the Kansas City International Airport. “Just ...