The City of Leavenworth approved a resolution Tuesday offering a formal statement on its position that CoreCivic needs a ...

A private prison company is trying to get around city permit rules to open an ICE detention facility in Leavenworth.

Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and fears that immigrants could be released into the community.

He says, to his knowledge, no city commissioners attended Friday's tour. Monday's tour was led by Misty Mackey, a CoreCivic warden in Lake Erie and Ohio. She was joined by Ryan Gustin, director of ...

“We’ve never actually shuttered the facility, and we’ve had a contingency of maintenance staff that have been on site providing virtually 24 hours of coverage,” Potential Warden Misty ...