Roger Werholtz

The state spending review panel is freeing up some of the money the Kansas Department of Corrections asked for to place inmates in county jails and…

Kansas may soon turn to private contractors to take the overflow from its crowded prisons, raising questions about growing costs and the reliability of…

Hunter Defenbaugh loves working in prison.Five nights a week, the 19-year-old corrections officer works overnight shifts in the infirmary at El Dorado…

Hunter Defenbaugh loves working in prison.Five nights a week, the 19-year-old corrections officer works overnight shifts in the infirmary at El Dorado…

Kansas prisons spend almost four times as much on overtime pay as they did six years ago. The state paid out more than $8.2 million on overtime in fiscal…