The private prison firm CoreCivic Corp. has filed for a special use permit to operate in the city of Leavenworth.

The prison company’s decision to re-apply for a zoning permit comes after months of arguing in court that it shouldn’t have to.

The City of Leavenworth said Monday it received a new application from CoreCivic to operate a detention center at its ...

The private prison firm CoreCivic Corp. has filed for a special use permit to operate in the city of Leavenworth.

Leavenworth city manager, said CoreCivic and city officials spent about four months working on the company’s special use ...

The private prison company had previously argued it didn't need a permit to operate the now-idle prison as a detention center ...

CoreCivic is considering all options to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Leavenworth after a ...

Private prison company CoreCivic is planning to reopen a vacant 1,000-bed detention facility as an ICE detention center in ...

CoreCivic filed the lawsuit against the city of Leavenworth in August. The case was dismissed during a federal hearing last ...

The City of Leavenworth announced Monday that it received the application for the facility located at 100 Highway Terrace.

CoreCivic has submitted an application for a special use permit to operate a detention center at the 100 Highway Terrace ...

Judge Toby Crouse dismissed CoreCivic’s federal suit, preserving the injunction. Ruling keeps Leavenworth’s injunction in place until the Kansas appeals hearing. DOJ backed CoreCivic, but court said ...