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6 gru 2021 · Legal advocates are hoping the facility shuts down when its federal contract ends at the end of 2021. The ACLU complained in a letter of reports of stabbings, understaffing and poor security at...
12 lis 2021 · The tactics have led to an uncertain future for prisons like the Leavenworth Detention Center, which was the first maximum-security federal private prison in the country when it opened three...
8 gru 2021 · The U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) lease at the Leavenworth Detention Center ends on Dec. 31 and won’t be renewed. That comes after President Biden issued an executive order early this year to curtail the Justice Department’s use of private prisons.
6 wrz 2023 · A private pre-trial detention center in Leavenworth beset with violence when it closed in 2021 could house individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
13 wrz 2021 · People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day. The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or...
21 wrz 2023 · Leavenworth County officials voted unanimously Wednesday to halt discussions over whether to convert a former private federal jail into a detention center for immigration enforcement.
10 gru 2021 · The Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas has been the center of a number of controversies ranging from reports of poor conditions to authorities eavesdropping on phone calls between...
