LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly —…

LEAVENWORTH — A Kansas district court barred CoreCivic Wednesday from reopening its shuttered prison until the company goes through Leavenworth’s development process to receive a special use permit. Judge John Bryant, Leavenworth County District Court,…

TOPEKA — The city of Leavenworth has not given up its fight to force CoreCivic to follow development processes before reopening its prison facility as an ICE detention center. The city refiled in Leavenworth District…

TOPEKA — A federal judge cleared the way Thursday for CoreCivic to reopen its Leavenworth prison as an immigration detention center, saying he lacks jurisdiction to hear the case. The city has not yet decided…

In Kansas, the average worker might hope for a $2,500 bonus at year’s end, if the company did well and the manager remembered.  But under a new federal plan, a federal Immigration and an ICE…

TOPEKA — CoreCivic will know by Friday whether it will have to delay plans to begin holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in June at its Leavenworth facility. The city of Leavenworth in March filed…

TOPEKA — The city of Leavenworth and CoreCivic will take their fight to court June 9 to determine whether the company can reopen its prison facility as an ICE detention center without going through a…

It’s been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Apparently, private prison company CoreCivic never got the memo. Earlier this year, CoreCivic announced plans…

The immigrant detainee, a client of Rekha Sharma-Crawford, would have to be moved. Chase County Detention Center was full. Located in Cottonwood Falls, it’s the largest detainee holding center in the region contracting with U.S.…

Kansas will send 360 of its male prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, starting this summer. The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Friday that it had finalized a contract with…