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October 20, 2026 Schedule of Public Comment Session

by Nancy Burghart — last modified Sep 21, 2026 02:53 PM
The October 20, 2026 Public Comment Sessions will be conducted using a Zoom Webinar platform. This session is for those residents that have upcoming PE hearings to be held in November 2026 with the possibility of release as early as December 2026. Those interested in attending or submitting correspondence to the Board may do so by registering and joining the scheduled Zoom Webinar and/or by mailing written comments to the PRB address included in the information below. Please utilize the Public Comment Forms in support or opposition in regard to offenders included on the offenders list for the upcoming October public comment sessions. Please mail correspondence to the address provided to be received no later than Friday, October 30, 2026. E-mail correspondence may be directed to KDOC_PRB_Public_Comment@ks.gov. Correspondence for the Octobe Public Comment Sessions need to be received in our office by Friday, October 30, 2026.

The Prisoner Review Board hereby announces the schedule of public comment sessions to be held in October 2026 via Zoom Webinar.   These specific comment sessions are held so that comments can be received from any interested citizens concerning residents who are entitled by law to a parole hearing during the month of November 2026.  The attached list shows the county of conviction/s, which is not necessarily the resident's home, nor the county to which the resident would return if granted parole. 

Meetings will be conducted on the date as indicated below:  

IMPORTANT:  Please follow the prompts within the registration page for confirmation and additional details.  Those wishing to attend the session are asked to join promptly at the beginning of each session.  The session will end after the last participant/s that have joined at the designated start time have spoken to the Board.   

IMPORTANT: **The upcoming registration for the  October 20, 2026 session will close promptly at 12:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, October 16, 2026.  Those interested in attending, must be registered prior to this time, as requests for late registration will not be permitted. 


VERY IMPORTANT: **If you do not receive a link within 48 hours of registering, please contact cj.perez@ks.gov to request the link be sent to you.  DO NOT wait until the morning of, to notify us that you didn't receive your link.  
October 20, 2026
9 am - 11 am
Zoom Webinar

The Prisoner Review Board is interested in knowing the view of citizens concerning the possible parole of these residents. Any citizen who would like to express comments on these residents, but is unable to attend one of the Public Comment Sessions, may send a letter to: KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PRISONER REVIEW BOARD;  714 SW JACKSON STREET, SUITE 300;  TOPEKA, KS 66603.

Residents are required by law to receive a hearing when they become parole eligible. Parole eligibility is not necessarily the same as parole suitability. In determining parole suitability, the Parole Board considers the following ten areas: 1) crime; 2) prior criminal history; 3) program participation; 4) disciplinary record; 5) reports of physical/mental examinations; 6) comments received from the victim, the public and criminal justice officials; 7) prison capacity; 8) input from staff where offender is housed; 9) proportionality to sentence guidelines; and 10) risk factors revealed by any risk assessment.

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