Leavenworth Detention Center
| Location | Leavenworth, Kansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°16′21″N 94°53′32″W / 39.2725°N 94.8923°WCoordinates: 39°16′21″N 94°53′32″W / 39.2725°N 94.8923°W |
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 1,126 |
| Opened | May, 1992 |
The Leavenworth Detention Center is a privately run maximum-security federal prison located in Leavenworth, Kansas. The facility is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service.[1]
When originally constructed as a 460-bed private prison, it was the first correctional facility under direct contract with a U.S. federal agency.[2] In May 2008 the facility underwent its fourth expansion to increase capacity to 1,126 inmates.[3] It holds both male and female prisoners.[4]
Leavenworth prisons
The Leavenworth Detention Facility is one of five state, federal and military prisons in the Leavenworth / Lansing area. The other four are:
- the Lansing Correctional Facility, operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections
- the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (USP) and its satellite prison camp, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- the United States Disciplinary Barracks, the U.S. military's only maximum-security facility
- the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, another U.S. military facility
Notes
- ↑ http://cca.com/facilities/leavenworth-detention-center#
- ↑ Leavenworth Convention and Visitor's Bureau. "Prison city".
- ↑ City of Lansing. "our Partners".
- ↑ http://cca.com/facilities/leavenworth-detention-center#
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