Leavenworth, known as a city of prisons, is home to multiple detention facilities, including a federal penitentiary and a state prison. The infamous Leavenworth Detention Facility, previously operated by CoreCivic, was closed following a history of humanitarian and civil rights abuses, including beatings, stabbings, sexual assaults, and deaths of detainees. Despite an executive order prohibiting Justice Department contracts with private prisons, CoreCivic applied to reopen the facility as the Midwest Regional Reception Center for ICE detainees, prompting a lawsuit from the city of Leavenworth. The suit alleges potential harm to citizens, with concerns raised by the police chief about access to investigate crimes previously encountered. CoreCivic maintains the facility is properly zoned and necessary for processing detainees through the immigration system. The reopening of the facility raises moral questions about the treatment of detainees and the role of for-profit prisons in mass deportations, the resolution of which will shape the future of incarceration in America.
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