Dozens of spectators filled the seats of the Leavenworth courtroom and spilled out into the hallway during Monday’s hearing.

A Leavenworth County judge will decide whether to reconsider his previous ruling temporarily barring CoreCivic from opening ...

A Leavenworth County judge heard from lawyers from the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, and CoreCivic during a motion hearing ...

A courtroom packed with people listened to arguments involving a private company’s plans to bring Immigration and Customs ...

John Richmeier/Leavenworth Times A Leavenworth County district judge listened to arguments Monday but made no decision on ...

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

CoreCivic stopped operating as the Leavenworth Detention Center in 2021 after President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at ending the use of private detention facilities like CoreCivic’s.

“Yes, CoreCivic needs a special use permit to open their facility in Leavenworth. And they have to abide by our ordinances,” Leavenworth Mayor Holly Pittman said in an interview after the meeting.

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The City of Leavenworth has filed a federal lawsuit against private prison operator CoreCivic, alleging the company is attempting to reopen a previously shuttered detention ...

Kansas Judge John J. Bryant will rule on CoreCivic’s motion to reverse a temporary restraining order, which would allow the company to operate an ICE prison in Leavenworth.