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Kansas is the latest state to explore alterations to its mail policies in state prisons, pointing to the rise of drug use within facilities as justification for a move that has alarmed advocates...

A CoreCivic Leavenworth detainee kicked, punched and struck Scott Wilson, another detainee, with a tray last month. Wilson died two days later.

Following this incident, officials placed the...

People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.

The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or...