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Apr 8, 2025

CoreCivic plans for ICE facility in Kansas have generated public opposition. It’s plowing ahead.

It’s been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Apparently, private prison company CoreCivic never got the memo.

Apr 6, 2025

This Kansas town knows prisons. It doesn’t want a for-profit company opening a ‘hell hole’ for ICE.

The American Civil Liberties Union and federal public defenders sent a letter to the White House documenting their concerns. Beatings and stabbings were rampant, suicides were prevalent, sexual assault reports...

Apr 6, 2025

Don’t let a private company break the law to reopen Leavenworth prison for ICE

CoreCivic, the second largest private prison company in America, is seeking to reactivate a shuttered facility in Leavenworth as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Apr 4, 2025

Kansas Supreme Court voting may change; here’s what you should keep in mind

“Kansas’s system is the envy of the nation,” said Micah Kubic, the Executive Director of the ACLU of Kansas.“There are a bunch of other states that have adopted similar systems, but now the legislature wants...

Apr 4, 2025

Loud Light, Kansas ACLU discuss anti-trans legislation in community meeting

Loud Light and ACLU of Kansas brought the Lawrence community together on Monday night to give updates on anti-trans legislation and groups that have helped combat the anti-trans rhetoric.

Mar 31, 2025

Kansas Legislature’s Republican leadership hustling to end annual session in early April

“This is a blatant attack by the legislators on our justices, and it’s part of a decades-long pattern of politicians attempting to punish the judicial branch for issuing decisions on education and reproductive...