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Leavenworth Detention Center
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Leavenworth Detention Center is a federal prison located in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Rated capacity: 1,033. Reported population: 1,100. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Leavenworth Detention Center was a privately run maximum-security federal prison located in Leavenworth, Kansas. The facility is owned and was operated by CoreCivic formerly named Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,033
Current population
1,100
Occupancy
106%
Year opened
1992
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Federal Bureau of PrisonsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1992
Region
Kansas
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 106% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Fmc CarswellFort WorthMaximumFederal prison133% occupancy
- Ausp ThomsonThomsonMaximumFederal prison100% occupancy
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q15242169)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Leavenworth Detention Center. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/leavenworth-detention-center
"Leavenworth Detention Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/leavenworth-detention-center.
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