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The Marshall Project11h
Why a Prison Town That Voted for Trump Is Fighting an Immigration Detention Facility
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, ...
Kansas Reflector6h
ICE rushed no-bid contract to pay CoreCivic $4.2M per month to hold immigrants at Kansas prison
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement used the pretense of a national emergency to justify a secret, no-bid contract with ...
The Iola Register3h
Contract rushed to pay CoreCivic for immigrant detention
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rushed a no-bid contract to pay CoreCivic $4.2 million per month to house ...
Florida Taps Contractors With No Detention Experience For 'Alligator Alcatraz'
On June 20, nearly three weeks into the Atlantic hurricane season, Florida disaster-management officials assembled a group of ...
Latin Times on MSN2h
Private Prison Giant Looking to Expand Migrant Detention Faces Fierce Local Resistance in One of America's Most Pro-Prison Towns
When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city ...