(First Name) (Last Name)

Date: 11/05/2025

Dear Commissioner/Mayor, 

I am writing this letter for the purpose of voicing that CoreCivic must be held accountable for the damage that they have caused our community, and must not be allowed to continue to further damage our community. 

Here are my positions on this matter, which are rooted in the truth related facts that CoreCivic has a real disregard to humanity in the name of profit:

CoreCivic’s profit-driven track record demonstrates a disregard for safety and oversight, rendering it untrustworthy to manage the Leavenworth facility. This poses serious risks to community safety, detainee well-being (particularly minors vulnerable to sexual assault) and the broader public. CoreCivic’s pattern of understaffing and neglect consistently endangers everyone in its facilities nationwide. Their history of prioritizing profits over humane conditions, including restricting access to legal and familial support, underscores the urgent need to reconsider their role in managing detention operations at Leavenworth.

The presence of the CoreCivic facility will place significant strain on local police, hospitals, and community resources, exacerbating existing understaffing and infrastructure challenges in Leavenworth. Detainees with complex medical needs will rely on local services, and law enforcement will face increased demands to respond to incidents and investigate crimes within the facility. Moreover, compliance with DHS PREA standards will further burden community resources by requiring local support for victims of sexual abuse among detained migrants. Ultimately, this jeopardizes the stability and safety of Leavenworth’s already overstretched infrastructure and public safety systems.

Leavenworth’s community has demonstrated strong opposition to re-opening the ICE detention facility, with nearly 2,000 signatures on a petition and a unanimous 2023 vote by county officials to halt discussions on its conversion. The city has a vital opportunity to move beyond the label of a prison town and instead envision a future rooted in growth, diversity, and positive community development, rather than expanding its role as a detention hub.

We categorically reject a detention system that enriches private interests, evades public accountability, and inflicts suffering on vulnerable individuals. Private facilities are shielded from transparency and legal scrutiny, driven by profit motives that perpetuate unnecessary detention. Detention should never be a punishment. Through corporations like CoreCivic, people are subject to unsafe, degrading, and sometimes deadly conditions, while being denied access to family, legal counsel, and support. We believe in a system that upholds the dignity and rights of every person.

America stands on one key core principle and that is that every individual be held accountable for their individual actions, and their actions alone. America is a dream, a place where we come together in the for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. CoreCivic although it’s a company is still subject to the core principle and therefore should be held accountable for violating our life, liberty and our pursuit of happiness. Since I am a resident of our beautiful historic Leavenworth, it is my duty to reach out to you, my representative, to make my voice heard. It is now your duty as the representative to share my voice and make sure it is heard. I humbly and respectfully pass this issue off to you, but also know that I am being active. 

With all the sincerety in the world,

(insert name here)

Signed,

(insert name here)