Leavenworth, ICE and CoreCivic

Residents, advocates react to CoreCivic submitting application to city of Leavenworth for ICE detention center
Leavenworth's city manager confirmed Monday the city received CoreCivic's application Friday for an ICE detention center.
CoreCivic submits application to city of Leavenworth for ICE detention center
Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sounded off during a Monday night broadcast of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on the network’s major line-up changes, which saw the exit of anchor Joy Reid. “Joy Reid’s show, ‘The ReidOut,’ ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether …
City officials consider proposal for ICE detention facility in Leavenworth
A for-profit corrections corporation wants to reactivate a dormant facility in Leavenworth for use as an ICE detention facility.
Former Leavenworth detention center eyed for potential ICE facility
Leavenworth City Manager Scott Peterson confirmed that CoreCivic applied Friday for a special use permit to convert the facility into an ICE detention center. He indicated that the company would ...
ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion
The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.
Shuttered Leavenworth private prison could become ICE detention center
The 1,100-bed complex closed in 2021 when President Joe Biden issued an executive order against contracts with private prisons. Before that, CoreCivic in Leavenworth was working with the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Leavenworth considers prison cells for Trump’s mass deportation plan
CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The United States does not have ...
Private prison firms prepare to reopen closed facilities to hold immigrants
A contract to reopen a privately-owned Newark detention center may be the first in a wave of reopenings of shuttered ...
Former prison guard shares concerns for proposed ICE facility in Leavenworth
CoreCivic replied that reports critical of their performance represent only “a handful of isolated issues that occurred ...
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In city already filled with detention centers, potential ICE facility worries Leavenworth residents
the Leavenworth Detention Center had its own reputation of violence, crime and unfit conditions before closing in 2021. Despite its rocky past, CoreCivic, the company that still owns the site ...
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CoreCivic signs deal with ICE to expand immigrant detention capacity
Private prison company CoreCivic has inked a deal with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to expand detention ...