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Former Leavenworth detention center eyed for potential ICE facility
The former Leavenworth detention center, empty since 2021, could soon serve as an immigration detention facility if city officials approve a proposal by private operator CoreCivic.
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.
ICE wants former Leavenworth detention center, officials say
Leavenworth city officials say an ICE detention center is in talks of opening in the city. CoreCivic, the company that owns the former Leavenworth detention center, applied for a permit to use the facility as a site for the U.
Philadelphia’s Federal Detention Center will house ICE detainees
Philadelphia’s Federal Detention Center is set to become one of two federal facilities in the Northeast United States that will confine ICE detainees amid President Donald Trump’s push for significantly more arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Reports: Berlin federal prison in line to house ICE detainees
The ACLU of New Hampshire is asking for information on possible plans to house hundreds of immigrants facing deportation at the federal prison in Berlin.
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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.
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Editorial: Private prisons a terrible idea
An audit released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the Leavenworth Detention Center was chronically understaffed, tried to hide the practice of triple-bunking ...
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Kansas ACLU concerned about ICE's plans for Leavenworth detention center
Kansas ACLU director Micah Kubic is concerned about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's proposal for a detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The facility would be run by the for-profit ...
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In city already filled with detention centers, potential ICE facility worries Leavenworth residents
Leavenworth, Kansas, residents are keeping a watchful eye on the former Leavenworth Detention Center building now that the ownership group has expressed interest in utilizing the facility as a U.S ...