Visitor Handbook

Holiday Visitation 

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While services for medical and education are contracted for through private vendors, the facility's food service is supported by the Larned State Hospital. However staffing at LSCF is contractual. Meals are prepared at the state hospital kitchen and transported to the LSCF for serving to the Central Unit inmates. South Unit inmates eat their meals under LSCF staff supervision at the state hospital cafeteria.

Chaplaincy Services

The facility provides opportunities for inmates to practice their respective religious faiths. A full-time chaplain is the liaison for religious services and volunteers in the community.

Reeentry

Reentry services provide programming, such as Thinking for a Change courses and support for offenders based on the inmate’s specific risk and need areas as defined by screening and offender behavior.

Private Industries

Inmate employee positions are available in non-prison based industries programs for minimum-custody West Unit inmates. These programs are designed to help inmates learn and practice the pro-social skills and good work habits required to be self-sufficient, productive citizens ready to practice responsible crime-free behavior.

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Tim Easley was appointed warden of Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (LCMHF) by KDOC Secretary Jeff Zmuda in March 2020.  The name of the facility changed on April 27, 2023 to Larned State Correctional Facility.

Previously, Easley had been LCMHF's deputy warden. Since joining KDOC as a corrections officer in 1996, Easley also has held the positions of sergeant and EAI agent. 

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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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The Larned State Correctional Facility (LSCF) was built in response to a 1989 federal court order which directed the KDOC to meet the long-term needs of mentally ill residents. Construction of the 150-bed facility began on the grounds of the Larned State Hospital (LSH) in 1991 and the facility was dedicated in December of that same year.  The facility received its first inmates on January 22, 1992. 

The name of the facility was officially changed on April 27, 2023 from Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility to the Larned State Correctional Facility.

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E-mail
Phone: (620) 285-6249
Fax: (620) 285-8070
1318 KS Highway 264
Larned, KS 67550-0280

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The KDOC provides comprehensive health care through private companies under contract with the KDOC. Routine sick calls are conducted five days a week and each facility provides 24-hour emergency medical, dental and mental health care for inmates. This includes on-site emergency first aid and crisis intervention, use of designated hospital room or appropriate health facilities, emergency on-call physician, dentist and mental health professional services when the emergency health facility is not located nearby. Each facility also provides for mental health services and routine dental examinations and treatment services.

What medical and mental health services are available?
Each facility provides a physician on site. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants also are available. Non-essential medical services and procedures, including elective surgery, will not be routinely provided to inmates. Access to mental health services is determined based upon assessments. 

What dental services are available?
Routine dental examinations and treatment services are provided to each inmate under the direction and supervision of a licensed dentist. Arrangements for consultation with dental specialists and emergency dental services are made by the facility dentist and approved by the Departmental Health Authority. Elective procedures and dental prostheses will not be routinely provided. The preventive benefits of fluorides may be made available to inmates in the form and amount determined appropriate to the individual by the dentist. Dental procedures considered elective and not routinely offered will include, but are not limited to:

1. Precious metal work;
2. Long-range periodontics; and,
3. Orthodontics

 
Can I find out about an inmate’s health status?
All medical and mental health records are confidential and handled in accordance with state and federal statutes and regulations regarding confidentiality and privacy. The release of confidential medical and mental health care information requires documented consent. An authorization for release of medical information is available in IMPP 5-107 Information Technology and Records: Confidentiality/Release of Medical and Mental Health Information, Attachment A.

 How does an inmate see a doctor?
An inmate must complete a sick call slip and will be charged a $2 fee for the initial visit. If the inmate needs to be seen for a follow-up visit or has been determined to have a chronic illness, the inmate will not be charged the $2 fee. If an inmate has a chronic illness and the symptoms are not related to the chronic illness, there will be a $2 charge. 

Will someone notify me of an inmate’s medical emergency?
Assigned facility staff will notify the emergency contact designated by the inmate in the event of serious illness or injury affecting the inmate, which requires hospitalization, or in the event of the inmate's death. 

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