Nomin Ujiyediin
Kansas News Service ReporterNomin Ujiyediin is a reporter covering criminal justice and social welfare for the Kansas News Service. You can email her at nomin@kcur.org and find her on Twitter @NominUJ.
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The settlement ends a court fight that began in late 2018, and will require the state to better track foster children in its care. -
Mental health providers say law enforcement can be an essential and unavoidable part of the system, when it comes to keeping workers safe and even coming across people who are in need of help.
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Kansas has statewide standards on bias in policing. But some residents are pushing for more.
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Hundreds of people across Kansas protested racism and police violence over the weekend, spurred on by the recent deaths of George Floyd in Minnesota, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and many others.
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Kansas prisons have taken some steps toward stemming the spread of the coronavirus, but four current or former corrections officers say they're still short-staffed and lacking adequate measures like social distancing.
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George "Bernie" Robare is the first Kansas prison employee known to die of the coronavirus.
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Foster families have faced extra challenges during the pandemic.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas wants the state Department of Corrections to release more than half of the prison population. The state argues that could be dangerous and complicated.
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Protesters ringed the state Capitol in Topeka to press Gov. Laura Kelly for an end to her stay-at-home order.
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Black Kansans are more at risk for both testing positive for COVID-19 and dying from it than white people. Experts say it's a mix between long-standing racial disparities in health care treatment and access, lack of inclusivity and a higher likelihood that black residents are working "essential" jobs.
