Tag: private prison

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…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas was “hoodwinked” into hiring a private company to build a new prison based on a promise that the new lockup would require significantly less staff and the savings could be…