Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, started studying birds while in prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.

It’s just one of several concerns at the Federal Correctional Institution ... sewage backing up into his cell in the FCI ...

CoreCivic asserts the reopening will create jobs and boost the local economy, while Leavenworth expresses concerns about city ...

In the KC Voices column, we ask members of the KC community to submit stories about their thoughts and experiences in all ...

Leavenworth, Kansas, is a prison town. The conservative city and the surrounding county of about 80,000 is home to a constellation of federal, state and military correctional facilities ...

Emily Curiel [email protected] CoreCivic, the second largest private prison company ... conditions at its Leavenworth facility as “an absolute hell hole.” A federal audit found that 25% ...

The Trump administration’s promised deportations have private prison ... to house federal detainees. Some former employees and immigrant rights advocates are pushing back. LEAVENWORTH, Kansas ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Jermaine Wilson first found out about the Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Program when he was incarcerated in Leavenworth ... Fellowship holds sports camps across the country ...

As in Leavenworth, many of the facilities slated for reopening were closed after findings of abuse or dangerous conditions. Nowhere is that more clear than at FCI Dublin in California, a federal women ...