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| Prisons chief: Kan. will need prison space later |
| By chron.com- John Hanna |
| Published: 01/22/2014 |
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top corrections official warned legislators Tuesday that the state will need more prison space within three years, though he's holding off on asking for money for an expansion. Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts noted during a Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing that state officials expect prisons to be full by July 2016. The state has space for 9,636 inmates and as of Friday, it had 9,541 prisoners, meaning the system was 99 percent full. Roberts testified as the Republican-dominated committee reviewed GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposals for adult prisons, juvenile centers and corrections proposals. The governor is proposing to boost spending on them by 1.8 percent during the fiscal year that begins July 1, and he's seeking an additional $2 million for programs for adult offenders. A law enacted last year aims to keep former inmates from returning to prison for long stretches of time for technical violations of their parole conditions, while also beefing up community corrections. State officials expect a short-term decline in the total prison population, but they anticipate it will start to climb again after July 2015. Read More. |
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