CoreCivic

Leavenworth posting lists $41.42 an hour. Nurses who have done this job talk about learning new things and walking away with real institutional experience, and some point to advancement opportunities when they open. Day to day, the texture is heavier than a typical floor. Mandatory overtime and long hours come up often in reviews, and work-life balance scores sit near the bottom. You may find a strong coworker brotherhood that carries the shift, and you may also run into favoritism, disconnected leadership, and a culture others call toxic. Pay reads as fair or even good to some corrections nurses; overall compensation ratings on review sites sit mid-low. Leavenworth itself is a military-oriented small town people describe as affordable, with a local commute around 16 minutes and Kansas City still reachable when you want it. Kansas is a compact-license state. If that tradeoff—institutional skill-building and a lower-cost community, against mandatory OT and uneven culture—fits how you want to work, this is the shape of the role.

CoreCivic Health Services describes patient-focused, high-quality care in institutional settings, with patients framed as people first.