Former corrections workers battle CoreCivic opening Leavenworth ICE detention center

Former corrections workers battle CoreCivic opening Leavenworth ICE detention center

LEAVENWORTH — Around the corner from a defunct for-profit prison owned by Tennessee-based CoreCivic, Marcia Levering walked carefully across a grassy field to a podium at Ray Miller Park, aided by her cane and a friend, to speak out against…

Don’t let a private company break the law to reopen Leavenworth prison for ICE

CoreCivic, the second largest private prison company in America, is seeking to reactivate a shuttered facility in Leavenworth as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. As a private prison CoreCivic had a long and troubled history of mismanagement and unsafe conditions before closing in 2021 with the cancellation of their private prison contract. CoreCivic’s record speaks for itself. In 2017, U.S. District Judge Julie Robins…

Court orders unsealing of CoreCivic prison documents - Nashville Banner

In November 2023, the Nashville Banner intervened in a lawsuit against the private prison company CoreCivic, arguing that the district court had wrongfully sealed hundreds of documents. On Thursday, a three-judge panel in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the district court was wrong in sealing dozens of deposition transcripts. As with most government entities, the courts are public. That means not only must court proceedings be open…