criminal justice

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.

Since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, only three federal executions have taken place.

Kansas has statewide standards on bias in policing. But some residents are pushing for more.

As protesters and police clash in cities from coast to coast, we ask Kansas City listeners about the way forward.

As police and protesters clash in cities from coast to coast, community members in and around Kansas City share thoughts on the tension, and the way forward.

Missouri's prisons so far haven't had large COVID-19 clusters like in Kansas and other states. But corrections officers and civil liberties advocates pushed for testing a broader swath of the prison population.

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.

LAWRENCE, Kansas — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday calling for the Kansas Supreme Court to order the release of…

Segment 1: Public defenders are calling prisons during pandemic ticking time bombsIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 scare, individual correctional…

Segment 1: Public defenders are calling prisons during pandemic ticking time bombsIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 scare, individual correctional…

LAWRENCE, Kansas — Kansas’ prisons and many of its county jails have suspended in-person visits indefinitely to keep down the risk of coronavirus…

TOPEKA, Kansas — The state lost 13% of its public defenders over the past year.That’s actually an improvement. Nearly a fourth of the state’s public…