Leavenworth Planning Commission advances CoreCivic’s plan to open ICE detention center

Leavenworth Planning Commission advances CoreCivic’s plan to open ICE detention center

The planning commission voted 5-1 to recommend that the city commission approve the application of the special use permit – with provisions.

CoreCivic receives Leavenworth planning commission approval in contentious meeting

Alicia VanSchoelandt was escorted away from the podium at the Leavenworth Planning Commission meeting Monday. She was told to stop discussing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and would not stop when her three- minute slot was up. (Photo by Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)LEAVENWORTH — CoreCivic is a step closer to reopening its private prison in Leavenworth as a lucrative immigration detention center after the city planning commission ap…

Kansas ICE prison one step closer to opening after 5-1 vote in Leavenworth

Leavenworth advances proposed ICE detention center

If the Leavenworth City Commission approves, ICE could have a new detention center to put away detainees.

Leavenworth planning commission votes 5-1 to advance proposed ICE detention plan

After a tense and sometimes disruptive public meeting, the Leavenworth Planning Commission voted 5-1 Monday night to advance a proposal allowing CoreCivic to reopen its prison as an immigration detention center.

A for-profit immigrant detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, is one step closer to opening

A planning commission in Leavenworth recommended granting CoreCivic a permit to open a detention center, but with qualifications. The final decision will be left to the city’s commission.