KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An inmate died early Saturday morning at the Federal Correctional Institution in Leavenworth, Kansas. At ...

Flags continue to fly at CoreCivic's Midwest Regional Reception center in Leavenworth as the private prison company pushes forward with plans to open an ice detention facility, despite opposition.

Zachary Harader was seen in a picture shared last year on social media showing him entangled in wire atop a fence.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CoreCivic Midwest Regional Reception Center, formerly Leavenworth Detention Center, at 100 Hwy Terrace is seen on Monday, March 3, ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A Kansas judge last month temporarily halted the reopening of a Leavenworth prison for ICE detainees, but the company that wants it open is pushing back. The courtroom was packed ...

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 ...

At a boisterous court hearing Monday, America’s largest for-profit prison company asked a Kansas judge to reconsider whether it should be allowed to reopen its shuttered Leavenworth prison as an ...

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 ...

CoreCivic Midwest Regional Reception Center, formerly Leavenworth Detention Center, at 100 Hwy Terrace is seen on Monday, March 3, 2025, in Leavenworth, Kansas. The U.S. Department of Justice is ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is backing CoreCivic in its legal battle with the city of Leavenworth as the company seeks to reopen a shuttered prison it owns there as an immigrant detention center ...