The commission’s resolution rebukes the for-profit prison company. Company officials say they don't need permission to house ...

The City of Leavenworth approved a resolution Tuesday offering a formal statement on its position that CoreCivic needs a ...

An 18-year-old Fort Leavenworth man convicted for making school shooting threats at Leavenworth High School last year has ...

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

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

The man accused of sexually assaulting a child he babysat in rural Leavenworth County will spend more than a decade behind bars.

A 64-year-old Kansas City, Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crimes last month.

A Kansas City, Kansas, man will spend 138 months in prison for committing sex crimes against a child while he was babysitting ...

CoreCivic, an owner/operator of prisons, is attempting to reopen a shuttered federal prison in Leavenworth as a detention center capable of holding about 1,000 immigrants for an average stay of 51 ...

Matthew Kelly On the outskirts of Leavenworth sits an imposing concrete structure ringed with razor wire fencing. The prison hasn’t held an inmate in over three years, but its for-profit ...

CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The United States does not have enough prison cells to meet mass deportation promise. The immigrant ...