CoreCivic

Public defenders and the ACLU sent a joint letter to the Biden administration declaring that the facility, privately owned by CoreCivic, is not meeting inmates' basic needs.

The group detailed "stabbings, suicides and even homicide" at the CoreCivic facility in Leavenworth.

The state spending review panel is freeing up some of the money the Kansas Department of Corrections asked for to place inmates in county jails and…