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| KA Prison Can't Prove Asbestos Precautions |
| By cjonline.com |
| Published: 03/15/2010 |
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State regulators could produce no evidence the Kansas Department of Corrections met a legal requirement to deploy trained professionals to extract asbestos-contaminated materials during a 2005 dormitory renovation at the Topeka prison for women, The Topeka Capital-Journal has learned. Lack of public records at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment bolster allegations by former Topeka Correctional Facility employees and inmates that they were forced by corrections agency officials to serve on work crews removing asbestos flooring with grinders, brooms and shovels without the benefit of adequate training or protective equipment. KDHE files released under a Kansas Open Records Act request include documents related to contracts with professional asbestos abatement at the prison in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Corrections officials produced two abatement contracts for 2001. Read More. |
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