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Latin Times3h
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 ...
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 ...
The Iola Register5h
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 ...
Kansas Reflector7h
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 Marshall Project12h
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, ...