Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.

Fred Brown, a Leavenworth resident, has worked in corrections for nearly 40 years, including over 30 years at the Federal ...

Much of the new allocation from Congress will go to private prison contractors tasked with doubling the nation’s capacity to ...

The Trump administration is planning to use more for-profit prisons to house ICE detainees — raising concerns about some well ...

In a months-long fight to open an ICE detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas, CoreCivic revealed in a recent court filing ...

When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city ...

ICE’s detention budget will more than double due to the funding designated for the agency in the bill passed by Congress ...

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

CoreCivic has signed a contract with ICE and would make $4.2 million a month if it’s allowed to open an ICE detention center ...