Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and ...

CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The U.S. does not have enough ...

Leavenworth ... at the prison, Nikes said. Raney was performing a pat search on an inmate, Nikes said, when the inmate “made an aggressive move” and Raney “put him on the floor.” ...

CoreCivic ran a private prison in Leavenworth that closed in 2021. Over the course of its existence, the CoreCivic prison faced reports of violence and mismanagement. Kubic tells KCUR's Up To Date ...