The expansion of immigration detention facilities is a multibillion-dollar industry dominated by a handful of private corporations.

A CoreCivic facility in Leavenworth is now housing detainees, nine days after the city commission voted to approve its ...

A new ICE detention facility in Leavenworth is already housing detainees - less than two weeks after city approval, despite community opposition.

A Leavenworth man convicted of several child sex crimes was handed several life sentences Wednesday for attempting to rape a ...

A corrections specialist with 25 years of service has been named the Kansas Veterans of Foreign Wars 2026 Law Enforcement ...

Sen. Ethan Corson, a Fairway Democrat, recently gave $1,000 to a food bank to offset the $1,000 CoreCivic contributed to his 2024 campaign.

A Leavenworth man will spend at least 50 years in prison before parole eligibility after a jury convicted him of multiple child sex crimes.

The City Commission in Leavenworth approved a permit to private prison operator CoreCivic. Members voted 4-1 to approve a ...

A standoff between a shooting suspect and U.S. Marshals, Leavenworth detectives lasted about 11 hours before officers found the suspect dead early Friday morning.

A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house immigrants detained for living in the U.S. illegally after a nearly yearlong ...

A former member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club will spend more than six years in federal prison for his role in a brutal assault on a rival biker at a North Kansas City bar.