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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: With Sanders out of the race, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination is all but secured.Loyalty, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said, is…

Segment 1: With Sanders out of the race, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination is all but secured.Loyalty, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said, is…

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…

Amid concerns that prisoners face a heightened risk of exposure to the coronavirus, a public interest law firm wants Missouri to release prisoners whose…

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

Segment 1: One proposed bill in Kansas legislature would allow state prisoners expected to die to be released  sooner.Although the bill would extend…

Segment 1: A career change introduced one man to the hidden flaws of the American justice system. Jason Hardy's time as a parole and probation officer in…

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…

TOPEKA, Kansas — The new Medicaid expansion bill, the product of a compromise between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and some Republican leaders, would…

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…