CoreCivic applied this week to receive a special use permit from Leavenworth to reopen its prison as a U.S. Immigration and ...

The private prison company had previously argued it didn't need a permit to operate the now-idle prison as a detention center ...

The prison company's decision to re-apply for a zoning permit comes after months of arguing in court that it shouldn't have to.

CoreCivic is looking at all options, including applying for a special use permit from the city of Leavenworth, a spokesman ...

The private prison firm CoreCivic Corp. has filed for a special use permit to operate in the city of Leavenworth.

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 ...

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. Share your story idea with Rachel. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that private prison company ...

CoreCivic is considering all options to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Leavenworth after a ...

The Trump administration plans to reopen several former prisons and detention centers that were closed by the federal government years ago over concerns about violence, medical neglect and systemic ...

Demonstrators gather outside the Leavenworth courthouse to protest CoreCivic’s plans to reopen a shuttered facility on the outskirts of town as an immigrant detention center. Matthew Kelly The city of ...