Lansing Correctional Facility

BELLE PLAINE — A Kansas court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a civil rights rights group seeking the immediate release of prisoners who have…

George "Bernie" Robare is the first Kansas prison employee known to die of the coronavirus.

Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she’s still considering releasing some Kansas inmates early because of the coronavirus pandemic even though an…

The coronavirus has arrived at a third correctional facility in Kansas, taking total infections among inmates and corrections staff statewide to 89, state…

Inmates at a Kansas prison where at least 26 people have been sickened by the coronavirus rampaged through offices, breaking windows and setting small…

Three Kansas prison workers have contracted the coronavirus in the first cases reported in the state's prison system amid an outbreak that has one…

Kansas is moving forward with a plan to have the nation's largest private-prison operator build a new state prison.Top Kansas legislators gave their final…

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback abruptly postponed a meeting Thursday where lawmakers were expected to approve or reject a plan for a private contractor to…

As the push to hire a private contractor to build a new Lansing prison and then lease it to the state increases, some legislative leaders look warily at…

A deal to farm out the next new prison in Kansas to a private firm -- one that would replace the outdated facility in Lansing and lease it to the state --…