Tag: overcrowding
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas prisons have exceeded their operating capacity and it will cost the state millions of dollars to send hundreds of prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Arizona. The…
Lawmakers were given few choices last spring with how to address overcrowding in the states prison system, leading to the approval by the State Finance Council for funding to send inmates to the Saguaro Correctional…
As policymakers manage the daily reality of Kansass prison crisis, lets understand the core issue and its implications. Kansas has a growing prison population, but lags other states on criminal justice reforms that could curb…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas plans to begin moving inmates to a private prison in Arizona by the end of the summer to help relieve crowding in state prisons. The state Department of Corrections announced…
