A Tennessee Senate committee on Tuesday unanimously voted for legislation that would financially penalize CoreCivic prisons for their soaring death rates. The bill is a rare prison accountability ...

Riots. Inmate deaths. Understaffing. Inadequate medical care. In recent years, these issues have plagued facilities run by Brentwood-based CoreCivic, the country’s largest private prison operator.

HOTLINE. THAT’S 816474 TIPS IN LEAVENWORTH TOMORROW. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A POSSIBLE ICE DETENTION CENTER. CORECIVIC WANTS TO REOPEN ITS PRISON IN THE CITY FOR THAT PROJECT. ACCORDING TO THE ...

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. Share your story idea with Rachel. Community members and activists held a press conference Thursday ...

Protesters cluster outside of the Leavenworth County District Court before a hearing between the city and CoreCivic. The private prison company had previously argued it didn't need a permit to operate ...

A new bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, would remove inmates from CoreCivic prisons that have death rates twice the average of state prisons. As CoreCivic receives state funds on individual ...