When an inmate attacked former correctional officer Diana Polanco at CoreCivic’s Leavenworth prison, only one thought raced ...

A Leavenworth District Court judge finalized his decision to bar CoreCivic from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a New Jersey law banning private operators from gaining contracts with the ...

KSHB 41’s Rachel Henderson followed up with residents she met at the station’s “Let’s Talk” event to discuss the ongoing ...

More than two dozen people gathered in Leavenworth to protest the opening of a detention facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday. CoreCivic has been working for months ...

A Leavenworth judge denied CoreCivic’s request to reverse a temporary restraining order blocking the for-proifit prison from housing roughly 1,000 immigrant detainees.

A Leavenworth County judge heard from lawyers from the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, and CoreCivic during a motion hearing July 7.

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to holding immigrants for deportation.

CoreCivic Leavenworth leadership has abandoned any pretense of order inside the facility. If CoreCivic remains open, these constitutional violations likely will continue to occur, putting staff ...

CoreCivic — which has been in Leavenworth for decades — was grandfathered in, but it stopped housing inmates, per an executive order in 2021. By the city standards, it closed.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A hearing is scheduled Monday in Leavenworth, Kansas, to address the dispute over CoreCivic's plan to convert the former Leavenworth Detention Center into a private ICE ...

CoreCivic has entered into a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and could begin housing detainees in Leavenworth as soon as next week unless a judge intervenes.