Kansas Department of Corrections
{{Short description|Agency of Kansas, U.S.}}
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The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC)[http://www.doc.ks.gov/ Home Page, Kansas Department of Corrections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128173241/http://www.doc.ks.gov/ |date=2009-11-28 }} is a cabinet-level agency of Kansas that operates the state's correctional facilities, both juvenile and adult, the state's parole system, and the state's Prisoner Review Board. It is headquartered in Topeka.[http://www.doc.ks.gov/contacts Contacts, KDOC].
Correctional facilities
The Kansas Department of Corrections operates eight adult correctional facility sites, three satellite correctional facility sites, and one juvenile correctional facility.{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//facilities|title=Facilities Management — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}}
- El Dorado Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 1955)
- Ellsworth Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 913)
- Hutchinson Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 1862)
- Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (offender capacity 270)
- Lansing Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 1906)
- Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (inmate capacity 626)
- Norton Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 975)
- Topeka Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 903) – Women's facility"[http://www.doc.ks.gov/facilities/faq/rdu Admission RDU]." Kansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 6, 2015.
- Winfield Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 554)
- Wichita Work Release Facility (inmate capacity 250)
Community & Field Services
The community and field services division{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//cfs|title=Community & Field Services — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} has two units - parole{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//cfs/parole-services|title=Parole Services — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} and community corrections.{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//cfs/community-corrections|title=Community Corrections — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}}
Victim Services
The Office of Victim Services (OVS){{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services|title=Office of Victim Services — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} provides confidential support and information to victims, survivors, and witnesses if the offender in the crime was sentenced to incarceration in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Services provided include victim notification,{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services/notification-program|title=Notification Program — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} safety planning,{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services/safety-planning|title=Safety Planning — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} victim restitution,{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services/restitution|title=Financial Restitution and Compensation — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} parole comment session advocacy, Victim/Offender Dialogue (VOD) program,{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services/dialogue|title=Victim/Offender Dialogue Program — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}} facility tours, and apology letters.{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//victim-services/apology-letters|title=Apology Letters — Kansas Department of Corrections|website=www.doc.ks.gov|access-date=22 May 2019}}
Kansas Correctional Industries
The department uses inmate labor to produce products such as office furniture, park equipment, and clothing for state government.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://kansasci.com/shop/custom.aspx?recid=11 |publisher=Kansas Correctional Industries |access-date=23 September 2019}}
Staffing
The department has suffered staff shortages for many years.{{cite news |last1=Woodall |first1=Hunter |title=As prison staff shortage worsens, Kansas lawmakers question corrections chief |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article165341822.html |access-date=23 September 2019 |publisher=Kansas City Star |date=3 August 2017}} In 2017, press reports indicated a turnover among KDOC officers of 46% per year. A 10% pay raise increased the hourly wage for uniformed employees to $14.66, but did not include non-uniformed staff.{{cite news |last1=Editorial Board |title=Editorial: Gov. Sam Brownback finally raises pay for Kansas prison guards, but will it be enough? |url=https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article168071632.html |access-date=23 September 2019 |publisher=Kansas City Star |date=18 August 2017}} The El Dorado facility was authorized a staff of 682, but about a quarter of the positions were vacant.{{cite news |last1=Editorial Board |title=Editorial: 'Like a powder keg ready to explode' — how bad will Kansas prisons get before officials take action? |url=https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article164819077.html |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=1 August 2017}}
By 2019, the department was forced to contract with CoreCivic to move six hundred prisoners to Arizona due to staff shortages. At that time, the department reported an overall inmate population of 10,002 indicating about ten percent of the population was to be moved out of state.{{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Randy |title=Kansas Department of Corrections Signs Contract for Out-of-state Prison Beds |url=https://www.doc.ks.gov//newsroom/releases/contract |publisher=Kansas Department of Correction |access-date=23 September 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128173241/http://www.doc.ks.gov/ Official website]
- [https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll17 Kansas Department of Corrections publications available at the Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library]
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