A Leavenworth District Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order against CoreCivic blocking the for-profit prison from re-opening its shuttered facility on the outskirts of town as an immigrant detention center.

Judge John J. Bryant ruled at a hearing Wednesday that CoreCivic may not begin accepting detainees under its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, without first requesting and receiving permission from city of Leavenworth officials.

CoreCivic initially submitted an application in February for the special use permit required of all jail and prison operators in Leavenworth, but withdrew the application and asserted it could operate the detention center by right.

The temporary injunction means none of the 1,033 beds at the Midwest Regional

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