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Message From the Office of the Secretary of Corrections:

KDOC News — 2018-10-24T21:05:00Z

We have determined that changes in management will be beneficial to the agency and to the incumbents currently assigned as Wardens.

Effective immediately the following changes in facility management will be implemented:

Paul Snyder, currently Warden at El Dorado Correctional Facility, has been appointed as Warden of the Winfield Correctional Facility / Wichita Work Release Facility;
Sam Cline, currently Warden at the Lansing Correctional Facility, has been appointed as Warden of the El Dorado Correctional Facility
Ron Baker, currently Deputy Warden at the Lansing Correctional Facility has been appointed the Warden at Lansing.

All of the staff members have long histories in management of correctional facilities, and I am confident that these changes will result in a stronger correctional management team.

Please take a moment to congratulate the Wardens on their new appointments.

Secretary Joe Norwood
Kansas Department of Corrections

Mentors Needed

Nancy Burghart — 2024-07-26T15:46:34Z

Mentoring4Success Training

cherylca — 2012-09-10T16:07:24Z

Mentoring4Success (M4S)

Nancy Burghart — 2014-02-14T22:30:00Z

Mentoring Adult Offenders in Kansas

Mentoring is a key component to reduce recidivism in Kansas.

This community-based statewide initiative delivers mentoring services to help offenders safely and successfully return to communities. Nearly 4,700 offenders leave prison each year and many need help finding employment/housing, getting connected to services/treatment and reuniting safely with neighborhoods/families. Mentors support the work of correctional case workers and service/treatment providers by assisting offenders in reaching their reentry plan goals. Mentors are also instrumental in helping offenders establish a life of pro-social activities and meaningful engagement within their communities.

Our goal is to ensure that every offender leaving prison has the opportunity to work with a mentor. Guided by community service organizations working closely with the Department of Corrections, mentors are trained and matched to offenders six to 12 months prior to an offender's release from prison. Services are also continually monitored and evaluated to ensure the most effective mentoring practices are used.

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Mentoring Juvenile Residents in Kansas

Nancy Burghart — 2020-12-31T06:00:00Z

Mentoring Juvenile Residents in Kansas

Mentoring is a key component to reducing recidivism and
making safer communities in Kansas

Mentoring 4 Success (M4S) is a statewide community-based initiative. M4S delivers mentoring services to help residents safely and successfully return to their home communities once their incarceration term is complete. Mentors assist residents with successfully completing community supervision.

Many juvenile residents throughout the state of Kansas are actively involved in the juvenile justice system. Many of the residents need help finding employment, enrolling in education, locating resources for mental and behavioral health along with treatment and identifying other community resources. M4S has proven to assist our residents in these areas. Mentors are instrumental in helping residents establish a life of pro-social activities and meaningful engagements within their communities.

Our goal is to ensure that every resident involved in the juvenile justice system can work with a mentor. M4S mentors are trained and matched to a carefully selected resident based on one year to six month post release and the residents genuine interest of participating in the program and promoting change within themself. M4S matches are regularly monitored and evaluated to ensure the most effective mentoring practices are utilized. Mentors are guided by community service organizations and work closely with the Department of Corrections Juvenile and Adult Community-Based Services.

Mentoring for success logo

Casey Woodward — 2011-12-02T21:20:00Z

Mentoring for Success

Karyl-Ann Roehl — 2015-09-30T14:50:00Z

Mentoring Brochure

Carol Pitts — 2021-10-13T15:53:22Z

Mentoring 4 Success Brochure

Nancy Burghart — 2023-06-23T16:03:08Z

Mentoring 4 Success

Nancy Burghart — 2020-12-31T06:00:00Z

Mentoring 4 Success

Mentoring is a key component to reducing recidivism and making safer communities in Kansas

Juvenile Services
Adult Services

Mentoring

David Cook — 2014-02-14T22:27:33Z

Mentoring

cherylca — 2014-02-18T17:30:42Z

Mentoring

Mentor Training

cherylca — 2014-11-03T17:20:12Z

Mentor Appreciation

cherylca — 2014-04-29T21:05:24Z

April 2014: Mentor (and newly retired parole officer) Mike Heil speaks withNorthern Parole Region Director Mark Keating.

MEMORANDUM: Message from the Secretary of Corrections to Staff Regarding FY 2009 Budget (January 27, 2009)

David Cook — 2011-08-17T16:53:50Z

A budget proposal passed out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Monday, January 26, 2009, provides for a 3.4% across the board budget reduction for state agencies. For the Department of Corrections this reduction would be in addition to reductions previously submitted by the department, including the suspension of operations at Osawatomie and Toronto in February and Stockton in June. A 3.4% reduction for the department is approximately $9.3 million.