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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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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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U.S. Senator Roy Blunt assessed Congress' response to COVID-19, Kansas Department of Corrections works to minimize coronavirus in prisons, University of Kansas medical students join COVID-19 fight, lessons learned from the 1918 flu pandemic.
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LAWRENCE, Kansas — Kansas’ prisons and many of its county jails have suspended in-person visits indefinitely to keep down the risk of coronavirus…
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Segment 1: One proposed bill in Kansas legislature would allow state prisoners expected to die to be released sooner.Although the bill would extend…
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TOPEKA, Kansas — From 2000 to 2019, the women’s prison population in Kansas rose by 60%. Over the same time period, the men’s population rose by only…
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TOPEKA, Kansas — The new Medicaid expansion bill, the product of a compromise between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and some Republican leaders, would…
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A 73-year-old Kansas prison dental instructor accused of sexually abusing inmates goes on trial Monday.Tomas Co, 73, taught inmates at the Topeka…
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TOPEKA, Kansas — One solution to Kansas prisons’ woes could come with a $35 million price tag for three new specialty prisons.The state’s corrections…
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Recent news about jails and prisons in Kansas and Missouri has highlighted horrible conditions for inmates, serious staff shortages and turnover, and lack…
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TOPEKA — One of the United States’ largest and oldest private prison companies will house up to 600 Kansas inmates in a facility in Eloy,…