Leavenworth sues CoreCivic over reopening of detention center
By Roberta Pardo Leavenworth, Kansas, has filed a lawsuit against CoreCivic. As reported by multiple media outlets, the city is claiming the private prison operator is attempting to reopen a closed detention facility without obtaining a special-use permit. Filed March 31, the lawsuit claims CoreCivic lost its grandfathered exemption to operate the dentition center after […]
Editorial: Cinco de Mayo, the holiday & the poem
For nearly three decades, April has been recognized as National Poetry Month. It was established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to raise awareness about the nation’s “active, thriving literary culture” and poets’ essential participation in that culture. Since its inception, National Poetry Month has become “the largest literary celebration in the world […]