Victoria Bargdill, Southern Parole Region Director
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(316) 613-7204
212 S. Market
Wichita, KS 67202
SPR Locations & Contact Information
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Andrea Allen, Northern Parole Region Director
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Phone: (785) 746-7412
2029 SW Western Ave.
Topeka, KS 66604-3054
Andrea Allen Biography | NPR Locations & Contact Information
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This division supervises offenders released from Kansas correctional facilities on parole, post-release supervision or conditional release. This division also manages offenders released from other states and who are on probation or parole and for whom Kansas has accepted for Interstate Compact supervision.
In FY 2012, 5,848 offenders were under supervision in Kansas including 4,140 Kansas cases and 1,708 out-of-state compact cases. To assist these offenders with returning to their communities as law-abiding citizens, parole services employs a community-based, case management model.
Kansas is divided into two regions, northern and southern, with parole offices operating in 20 communities. A parole director, who reports to the Deputy Secretary of Community and Field Services, oversees each region.
An offender's level of supervision and case management are determined through the use of classification tools such as the Level of Services Inventory - Revised (LSIR). Classification assessments also assist in determining an offender's programming needs and resource referrals.
During supervision, offenders may encounter reintegration difficulites or lifestyle issues which are addressed through post-release case managment. Common challenges are housing, transportation and substance abuse issues.
When violations of supervision conditions occur, parole officers utilize interventions and make referrals to needed resources. Serious violations that represent public safety risks result in the offender being returned to a correctional facility.
Offenders serving determinate sentences generally serve 90 to 180 days upon revocation, as determined by state statute.
Offenders serving indeterminate sentences serve a period of time that is established by the Kansas Prisoner Review Board.
Parole Locations & Contact Information
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Hope Cooper was named deputy secretary of juvenile and adult community-based services in June 2019. Previously, she served as deputy secretary of community and field services since June 2016.
Cooper joined the KDOC in 2008 as a program consultant in the community corrections division prior to being promoted to the KDOC’s director of community corrections. At the time of her appointment to deputy secretary, she had been serving as warden of the Topeka Correctional Facility since 2011.
Prior to joining the KDOC, Cooper worked as a probation officer for the U.S. District Courts in Topeka and for Community Solutions, Inc., an adult day reporting center in Topeka.
She began her corrections career with Colorado-based Excelsior Youth Center, a treatment center for adolescent females.
Cooper has a master’s degree in counseling and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and criminal justice, both from Chadron State College, Chadron, Neb.
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]]>Andrea Allen was named director of the KDOC's Northern Parole Region in August 2016.
Allen began her service with the State of Kansas in 1998 as a psychiatric security specialist for Kansas' Sexual Predator Treatment Program. Since that time, Allen has served at Topeka Correctional Facility as a corrections counselor, a reentry counselor, a mentoring coordinator, a contract substance abuse provider and most recently as a corrections manager II. In 2015, Allen completed the National Institute of Corrections Leadership Training Program. She also has served on several statewide committees including the Mental Health Task Force and the Corrections Care Coalition.
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Phone: (785) 746-7456
Fax: (785) 596-6080
Kansas Department of Corrections
ATTN: Adult Community-Based Services
714 SW Jackson, Suite 300
Topeka, KS 66603
