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| Kansas prison overcrowding expected to get attention next session |
| By kansascity.com- Peggy Bair |
| Published: 12/07/2015 |
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TOPEKA – Kansas’ adult prisons are projected to be nearly 1,700 inmates over capacity by the middle of the next decade, forcing corrections officials and state lawmakers to look for ways to slow growth and ease overcrowding. The state will need an additional 1,325 prison beds for men over the next 10 years, according to the Kansas Sentencing Commission, and about half of those are needed by mid-2018 to meet projected demands, the Wichita Eagle reported. Lawmakers have made some moves to address shrinking bed space, such as giving inmates extra time off their sentences if they complete certain rehabilitation programs, but they don’t appear to be enough. “We’re at about 102 percent of capacity now, and we’re doing nothing but going up,” said Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican who is chairman of the House standing and interim joint committees on corrections and juvenile justice. Read More. |
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