News to ME this morning: ICE detention centers are FOR PROFIT. There's a new board in Kansas putting just one of these under review.

Alt= Image of an item on the KPR website (Kansas Public Radio) with a pic of some kind of board at a meeting, with the headline "Leavenworth's for-profit ICE detention center under scrutiny from new community board", then "The 1,000-bed facility is currently holding 249 detainees. The board is intended to hold the CoreCivic facility to its agreements with the city and ensure inmates and employees are being treated fairly."

kansaspublicradio.org/2026-05-…

Leavenworth's for-profit ICE detention center under scrutiny from new community board

The 1,000-bed facility is currently holding 249 detainees. The board is intended to hold the CoreCivic facility to its agreements with the city and ensure inmates and employees are being treated fairly.

Kansas Public Radio (kansaspublicradio.org)