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Frazier Glenn Cross Jr. said he was looking to kill Jews when he fatally shot three people in Overland Park in April 2014. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2015.
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The state spending review panel is freeing up some of the money the Kansas Department of Corrections asked for to place inmates in county jails and...
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The Kansas secretary of corrections calls staffing shortages at a state prison an emergency. Worker shortages are a persistent problem the state prison...
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Kansas prisons spend almost four times as much on overtime pay as they did six years ago. The state paid out more than $8.2 million on overtime in...
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Inmates broke dozens of windows and set fires during a weekend disturbance at the maximum-security prison in El Dorado, the scene of other incidents last…
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The uncertainty surrounding Gov. Sam Brownback's departure for an ambassador post and prison disturbances were among the top 10 stories in Kansas in…
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Officers at the El Dorado Correctional Facility will continue working 12-hour shifts for another 90 days under an emergency status declared earlier this…
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Some Kansas lawmakers are concerned that recent disturbances at two state prisons are partially the result of mismanagement.The head of the Kansas…
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is giving emergency raises to guards in the state prison system, with officers at the maximum-security prison in El Dorado…
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Gov. Sam Brownback is making an announcement about the Department of Corrections at a prison that has seen at least three significant disturbances in…