CoreCivic applied this week to receive a special use permit from Leavenworth to reopen its prison as a U.S. Immigration and ...

Private prison company CoreCivic is planning to reopen a vacant 1,000-bed detention facility as an ICE detention center in ...

The prison company's decision to re-apply for a zoning permit comes after months of arguing in court that it shouldn't have to.

The private prison company had previously argued it didn't need a permit to operate the now-idle prison as a detention center ...

CoreCivic gave up its fight to avoid following the city of Leavenworth’s development process and applied for a special use ...

A judge's repeated rulings blocking CoreCivic from reopening as an immigrant detention center on the outskirts of Leavenworth haven't stopped the company from hiring workers. The for-profit prison ...

An inmate at the Leavenworth County Jail was sentenced to over five years in jail after biting off another inmate’s ear during a basketball game. This Google Maps image shows the area in November 2024 ...