For years, private prison companies have been a key partner to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the government carried out its immigration agenda. In the past year, they’ve been rapidly expanding, though they’re also facing pushback in several states.
One of the biggest private prison companies in the U.S. is CoreCivic, whose pockets have gotten substantially deeper since President Donald Trump began his second term. With larger projected revenue, CoreCivic is expanding its operations.
One place they’ve been eyeing is in Leavenworth, Kansas, where they’d like to reopen the Leavenworth Detention Center, which was closed in 2021.
They’re meeting fierce opposition, though, as many former CoreCivic corrections officers and community members are speaking out against it.
