CoreCivic’s newly reopened prison is holding about 250 immigration detainees, a slower ramp-up to full capacity than expected ...

Now that there is an ICE detention facility in Leavenworth, supporters and opponents are looking for ways to hold CoreCivic ...

The board is intended to hold the CoreCivic facility to its agreements with the city and ensure inmates and employees are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Friday, the Kansas Appeals Court sided with the city of Leavenworth regarding a lawsuit filed against CoreCivic and the fight to reopen its shuttered detention center.

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. She has been following the controversy over CoreCivic's plan to open an ICE facility in a former ...

Protesters gather March 10, 2026, outside Leavenworth City Hall to encourage city commissioners to vote against a permit that allows private prison company CoreCivic to reopen in the community. (Photo ...

HOTLINE. THAT’S 816474 TIPS IN LEAVENWORTH TOMORROW. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A POSSIBLE ICE DETENTION CENTER. CORECIVIC WANTS TO REOPEN ITS PRISON IN THE CITY FOR THAT PROJECT. ACCORDING TO THE ...

The city of Leavenworth is in negotiations with private prison company CoreCivic over terms of a special use permit to reopen its 1,050-bed prison for people rounded up by Donald Trump’s Immigration ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house immigrants detained for living in the U.S. illegally after a nearly yearlong legal ...