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Overview

Nancy Burghart — 2014-01-08T16:25:00Z

Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) is the state’s largest and oldest correctional complex for adult male residents. At the close of 2013, LCF had a capacity of 2,405. The complex consists of the Central Unit, which includes an 11-acre maximum-security facility, and a 46-acre medium-security facility, and the East Unit which is an 85-acre minimum-security facility.

LCF also houses one of two centers for the KDOC’s transportation system that provides for the movement of residents among the state's correctional facilities.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.

Originally named the Kansas State Penitentiary when the facility was authorized by the Kansas Constitution in 1859, the name was legislatively changed to the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) on June 18, 1990.

Overview

cherylca — 2014-01-16T22:15:00Z

At the close of 2013, NCF’s capacity was 835 adult male inmates. Capacity at the main-custody compound was 707 adult male inmates, with 539 medium-security beds and 168 minimum-security beds. NCF’s satellite unit at Stockton’s had a capacity of 128 minimum-security beds.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.

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Overview

Nancy Burghart — 2014-01-09T22:20:00Z

The facility provides programs that have been shown to reduce recidivism in the target population.

LSCF consists of a medium-security central unit with 310 beds and a minimum-security South Unit with 304 beds.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts.

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Overview

cherylca — 2013-12-30T18:55:00Z

As the state’s second largest facility for adult male residents, Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF) houses four custody levels: maximum, special management, medium and minimum. At the close of 2013, HCF's capacity was 1,784 residents. These residents are housed in the main-custody compound within the walled portion of the HCF, a minimum-security unit located outside the walls, and a medium-custody unit located slightly more than a mile east of the main facility.

HCF also houses one of two centers for the KDOC’s transportation system that provides for the movement of residents among the state's correctional facilities.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.

Because many of HCF's structures were constructed between 1889 and 1912, an emphasis has been placed on rehabilitating and repairing the aging structures.

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cherylca — 2013-12-03T16:25:00Z

The El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF), Kansas’ newest correctional facility, was constructed as a result of a 1988 class action lawsuit challenging prison conditions. The $58 million facility was originally constructed to house 640 adult male residents with the potential for future expansion of 725 additional beds. In 1995, a 115-bed, medium-custody dormitory was created by modifying an existing industrial building. In 2001, two additional cell houses were activated at the central unit at a cost of $17.5 million. EDCF's Central Unit opened in January 1991.

Located one mile east of El Dorado on State Highway 54, EDCF is designed to house special management, maximum- and medium-custody residents. Residents assigned to the Central Unit are usually repeat offenders with a history of violent behavior.

EDCF's philosophy is that residents are sentenced to incarceration as punishment, not for punishment. During a resident's incarceration, it is our responsibility to increase residents' abilities and motivations to practice responsible, pro-social, crime-free behavior through the provision of programs and services designed to assist with both risk reduction and reentry efforts.

EDCF houses the most dangerous and recalcitrant residents assigned to long-term involuntary segregation. Also, all male offenders sentenced to the custody of the Secretary of Corrections are received and processed through the EDCF Reception and Diagnostic Unit (RDU). In RDU, residents receive orientation and are assigned to a custody classification, appropriate programs and a permanent housing assignment. The management and activities at EDCF impact the entire corrections system due to the specialized nature of our operation.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.

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Overview

Nancy Burghart — 2014-01-21T22:10:00Z

Winfield Correctional Facility's (WCF) capacity is 554 minimum-security adult male residents. Capacity at Wichita Work Release Facility (WWRF) is 250 adult male residents.

WCF is located in Cowley County in south central Kansas. The facility is located on the north side of the city of Winfield at the site of the former Winfield State Hospital and Training Center.

WCF serves a re-entry function designed to provide a smooth transition from an institutional setting to the community for residents expected to be paroled in the near future.

Wichita Work Release Facility, in Wichita, provides selected residents the opportunity for community reintegration prior to their actual release from custody. Residents are housed in the highly structured residential setting and are expected to become gainfully employed on a full-time basis in the community.

As with other facilities under the management of the Secretary of Corrections, education, health services and food services are provided through contracts with private vendors.

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Outdoor Visitation Suspension - 2016

Carla_Hawks — 2016-12-22T15:18:17Z

Offender Programs Evaluation Volume VIII (April 2009)

cherylca — 2011-07-28T16:35:00Z

A summary of some of the Fiscal Year 2008 program results

Offender Population Reports

cherylca — 2013-06-21T14:25:00Z

General Publications: Offender Population Reports

ARCHIVED End of Fiscal Year Offender Population Report

ARCHIVED: Statistical Profiles - Offender Population Reports

Facilities Management Publications | Community & Field Services Publications | Juvenile Services Publications

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October 2007 Newsletter

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:54Z

Wyandotte County Reentry, Correctional Education International Conference, Victim Services Director Appointment, EDCF Spiritual Life Center, Joint Committee on Corrections visits NCF, Johnson County Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, Facility Field and Facts, Victim Services Voice.

October

cherylca — 2017-12-06T16:03:53Z

November

Hope.Burns — 2017-02-02T14:20:00Z

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections’ Youthful Offender Program Earns Recognition by Harvard University’s Ash Center (September 29, 2010)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:39Z

A Kansas Department of Corrections program aimed at reducing recidivism among youthful offenders has earned distinction as one of the nation’s most promising government initiatives.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections’ Youthful Offender Program Earns Recognition by Harvard University’s Ash Center (September 29, 2010)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:24Z

A Kansas Department of Corrections program aimed at reducing recidivism among youthful offenders has earned distinction as one of the nation’s most promising government initiatives.

NEWS RELEASE: Kansas Department of Corrections Announces Suspension of Operations at Norton Correctional Facility – East Unit at Stockton Effective April 1, 2009 (February 2, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:50Z

Kansas Secretary of Corrections Roger Werholtz today announced that the operations at the Norton Correctional Facility – East Unit will be suspended effective April 1, 2009. Suspending operations at Stockton had previously been scheduled to occur June 30, 2009, but has been advanced in the ongoing effort to reduce the Fiscal Year 2009 budget.