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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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The Kansas Department of Corrections has reassigned the superintendent of the state's juvenile corrections complex after he allegedly grabbed and shoved a…
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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…
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A deal to farm out the next new prison in Kansas to a private firm -- one that would replace the outdated facility in Lansing and lease it to the state --…
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A Kansas legislative committee will meet this week to review a plan for building a new state prison in Lansing.A joint committee on budget issues is…
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Kansas corrections officials hope to have a contract signed before the end of the year to build a new prison in Lansing. The negotiations over that prison…
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The American Humanist Association on Wednesday sued Kansas prison officials, alleging the Topeka Correctional Facility promotes Christianity in violation…
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Kansas lawmakers in both parties are calling for higher pay for the state’s corrections officers after several recent incidents at the El Dorado…
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Kansas lawmakers had some tough questions Thursday for Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood about staff shortages that recently contributed to several…
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Kansas officials have declared an emergency at the state prison in El Dorado because of staffing shortages.The staffing shortages are being blamed for…