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Hearings Set for This Week on Covert Recording at Leavenworth Prison

By Kansas News Service
Published October 2, 2018 at 1:20 PM CDT
The entrance to Leavenworth Detention Center operated by the private company, Core-Civic. (Photo by Dan Margolies, KCUR Radio)
The entrance to Leavenworth Detention Center operated by the private company, Core-Civic. (Photo by Dan Margolies, KCUR Radio)

What seemed like a one time occurrence at a private detention prison in Leavenworth has grown into a huge scandal. Thousands of attorney-client communications may have been recorded there and, in some cases, handed over to federal prosecutors. As Dan Margolies reports for the Kansas News Service, scores of inmates are now seeking to have their convictions overturned. 

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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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