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

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

CoreCivic gave up its fight to avoid following the city of Leavenworth’s development process and applied for a special use ...

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

CoreCivic and GEO Group profit from Trump’s immigration policies while also receiving lucrative contracts from state and local governments, including areas controlled by Democrats.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing ...

At a boisterous court hearing Monday, America’s largest for-profit prison company asked a Kansas judge to reconsider whether it should be allowed to reopen its shuttered Leavenworth prison as an ...

The ruling ensures an injunction blocking CoreCivic from accepting detainees will remain in place at least until a February hearing.

Leavenworth District Judge John Bryant again barred CoreCivic from reopening its prison facility until court hearings can determine whether the company has to go through the Leavenworth development ...

TDOC has fined private prison operator CoreCivic more than $44 million for contract violations. Now TDOC is seeking a $13 ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities ...