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The Leavenworth Detention Center is a privately run maximum-security federal prison located in Leavenworth Kansas. The facility is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service.When originally constructed as a 460-bed private prison it was the first correctional facility under direct contract with a U.S. federal agency. In May 2008 the facility underwent its fourth expansion to increase capacity to 1126 inmates.