The City Commission in Leavenworth approved a permit to private prison operator CoreCivic. Members voted 4-1 to approve a ...

Leavenworth cleared the way for CoreCivic to open an ICE detention center, approving a zoning permit Tuesday night after a ...

We're breaking down the Leavenworth City Commission's decision to grant a permit that clears the way for a private ICE detention center.

The Tennessee-based company first opened a detention center in Leavenworth in 1992. Its reputation has been marked by ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house detained immigrants after a nearly yearlong legal fight amid a massive national push for ...

CoreCivic will reopen its private prison in Leavenworth to house immigration detainees after city commissioners approved the company’s special use permit on Tuesday, the result of a ...

Leavenworth city commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to allow a private prison operator to reopen its prison as an ICE detention center after a judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the ...

This historic Kansas prison town will allow CoreCivic to hold federal immigration detainees after a year of legal wrangling and public outcry from opponents.

The last hurdle for owner CoreCivic to re-open its site was a special use permit from the city and, after a year of turmoil, the city gave in ...

Leavenworth's city commission will vote Tuesday on a CoreCivic permit to reopen a former prison as an ICE detention facility.

Leavenworth city commissioners have approved a plan to reopen a long-closed prison as an immigration detention facility.

CoreCivic applied this week to receive a special use permit from Leavenworth to reopen its prison as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee center, called the Midwest Regional Reception ...