But there's one detention facility that Leavenworth city officials don't want. It's the for-profit prison that would hold ICE ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On the outskirts of Leavenworth, Kansas, sits an imposing concrete structure ringed with razor wire fencing. The prison hasn’t held an inmate in over three years ...

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 ...

The City of Leavenworth passed a resolution Tuesday night as CoreCivic planned to reopen the former prison without a permit.