INVESTIGATION: CoreCivic’s Plan to Turn Leavenworth Into an ICE Concentration Camp

A New ICE Detention Camp in Kansas In Leavenworth, Kansas, a for-profit prison company with a notorious record is quietly planning a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concentration camp. CoreCivic – formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) – has submitted an application to reopen its shuttered Leavenworth private prison as an ICE detention facility. Local officials confirm the company is seeking a special-use permit to detain immigrants at the site. Community members and civil rights groups are alarmed, given CoreCivic’s long history of horrendous violence, torture of those it incarcerates, and negligence in its facilities. “CoreCivic has never answered for the horrendous conditions and dangerous violence that peaked in 2021 and contributed to the closure of the Leavenworth facility,” warned the ACLU of Kansas. As plans advance via backroom deals and minimal public input, thousands across the states of Missouri and Kansas are sounding the alarm that this new ICE facility would expand the prison-industrial complex’s reach – with devastating human consequences. CoreCivic’s Track Record: Extreme Violence, Torture, Medical Negligence, and “Hell Hole” Conditions CoreCivic is synonymous with torture, human rights violations and safety failures in U.S. detention facilities. Across the country, their prisons and ICE detention centers have...