The City opened its complaint with a testimonial describing the detention center as an “absolute hell hole.” It stated that during CoreCivic’s 30 years of operation, there were “multiple ...

WELL, NEWS AT LEAVENWORTH. AFTER APPLYING FOR A PERMIT TO TURN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH’S OLD JAIL INTO AN ICE DETENTION CENTER. CORECIVIC IS CHANGING ITS MIND. CORECIVIC OWNS THE LAND ...

Keim’s understanding of the ordinance’s verbiage is that the city could be defining the detention center’s use as two different things: a private prison for inmates or a detention center for ...