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Inmate Data Entry Program May End
By kansascity.com
Published: 05/05/2010

TOPEKA | A Senate committee tabled a bill Monday that would have required the Kansas Department of Corrections to stop granting inmates access to personally identifiable information as they perform data entry and document scanning work for city, county and state government agencies.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were content with a promise from KDOC Secretary Roger Werholtz that agency rules would be rewritten by Aug. 1 to limit the opportunity of inmates involved in prison industry jobs to obtain birthdates and numbers associated with Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and bank accounts.

Sen. John Vratil, R-Leawood, made the motion to put Senate Bill 587 on ice to avoid the cost of running the measure through the Legislature.

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