Prison News | Kansas
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Kansas. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
No recent news for Kansas in this category.
Gangs in Prison
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Administration of the Kan. juvenile justice system merging with the adult correctional system
Gov. Sam Brownback contends the Juvenile Justice Authority will be better managed under the Department of Corrections and says money going toward administration of the JJA could instead be diverted into programs for offenders.
The Department of Corrections says in a release that the merger takes effect Monday......
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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Vendor to inspect jail food operation
Commissioners Gwen Welshimer and Kelly Parks said Tuesday that they were grossed out and sickened by what they saw and ate during lunch at the jail Monday......
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The Wichita Eagle,
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Health & Medical Treatment
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Strides made in suicide prevention and health care
Visitors about to tour the Shawnee County Jail commonly tell Brian Cole they expect to see dark hallways, iron bars and unsanitary conditions....
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Topeka Capital-Journal,
Saturday, July 6, 2013
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Vendor to inspect jail food operation
Commissioners Gwen Welshimer and Kelly Parks said Tuesday that they were grossed out and sickened by what they saw and ate during lunch at the jail Monday......
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The Wichita Eagle,
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
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Two convicted of violent crimes in Shawnee County up for parole Darcel Penrice sentenced to 29 years for murder
Parole is being considered for Terry Burr and Darcel Penrice, who were convicted of slayings in Shawnee County....
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Topeka Capital-Journal,
Monday, September 2, 2013
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"Frivolous": Former inmate's suit thrown out - Federal judge's 27-page opinion concludes suit failed to state a claim
A federal judge dismissed as “frivolous” this week a lawsuit former Shawnee County Jail inmate Joseph Lee Jones filed last year asking for $1 million....
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Topeka Capital-Journal,
Thursday, August 22, 2013
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Troubled boys ranch accepting boys from other counties although it could close next year
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The financially struggling Judge Riddel Boys Ranch in Sedgwick County will begin taking juveniles from other counties to increase its numbers even though it could close next year, Sedgwick County officials said....
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Associated Press,
Monday, August 12, 2013
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Kansas secretary of corrections says prison at capacity, and expected to grow
The Kansas secretary of corrections says the state’s prison system is at capacity and expected to add about 2,100 more inmates in the next decade....
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Associated Press,
Friday, July 19, 2013
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Administration of the Kan. juvenile justice system merging with the adult correctional system
Gov. Sam Brownback contends the Juvenile Justice Authority will be better managed under the Department of Corrections and says money going toward administration of the JJA could instead be diverted into programs for offenders.
The Department of Corrections says in a release that the merger takes effect Monday......
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Prison Conditions & Corruption
Prison Life & Culture
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Man gets 10 years for knifing death of brother - Judge declines to house convicted man in a mental health facility
Curtis Leon Small, convicted in the 2012 fatal stabbing of his brother, was sentenced Friday to 10 years and two months in prison, the sentence prosecution and defense attorneys had recommended....
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Topeka Capital-Journal,
Saturday, August 24, 2013
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Their past gives peer mentors 'pull' in aiding Reno County jail prisoners
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Michael Hill and Kim Cragg visit prisoners in the Reno County jail four days a week with a message of hope: They've been drug addicts. They've been locked up in jail. They've stopped using drugs. They've turned their ......
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Associated Press,
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
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Topeka 'serial shoplifter' flees prison
A "serial shoplifter" from Topeka escaped Saturday afternoon from a minimum-security unit at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, authorities said....
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Topeka Capital-Journal,
Sunday, August 4, 2013
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Man who walked away from Lansing minimum security is recaptured
LANSING, Kan. (AP) - A man who walked away from a minimum security job at Lansing Correctional Facility has been recaptured. The Kansas Department of Corrections reports 43-year-old Paul Cohagen was caught Thursday evening in Leavenworth ......
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Associated Press,
Friday, June 21, 2013
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Minimum security inmate from Osage County escapes from Lansing prison
LANSING, Kan. (AP) - State corrections officials are looking for a minimum security inmate who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility....
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Judge sentences inmate to 11 years after escape from Ottawa jail
MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) - A judge has sentenced an inmate to about 11 years for escaping from the Ottawa County jail. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says in a release that 22-year-old Drew Edward Wade of Topeka was sentenced to 136 ......
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Associated Press,
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Suicides in Prison
No recent news for Kansas in this category.
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