The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC)[1] 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.[2]
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| Employees | 3,549 |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Kansas, USA |
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| Headquarters | Topeka, Kansas |
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Correctional facilities
editThe Kansas Department of Corrections operates eight adult correctional facility sites, three satellite correctional facility sites, and one juvenile correctional facility.[3]
- 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[4]
- Winfield Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 554)
- Wichita Work Release Facility (inmate capacity 250)
Community & Field Services
editThe community and field services division[5] has two units - parole[6] and community corrections.[7]
Victim Services
editThe Office of Victim Services (OVS)[8] 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,[9] safety planning,[10] victim restitution,[11] parole comment session advocacy, Victim/Offender Dialogue (VOD) program,[12] facility tours, and apology letters.[13]
Kansas Correctional Industries
editThe department uses inmate labor to produce products such as office furniture, park equipment, and clothing for state government. Workers are paid very small sums allowing KCI to undercut conventional businesses.[14]
Staffing
editThe department has suffered staff shortages for many years.[15] 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.[16] The El Dorado facility was authorized a staff of 682, but about a quarter of the positions were vacant.[17]
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.[18]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Home Page, Kansas Department of Corrections Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Contacts, KDOC.
- ^ "Facilities Management — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Admission RDU." Kansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Community & Field Services — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Parole Services — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Community Corrections — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Office of Victim Services — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Notification Program — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Safety Planning — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Financial Restitution and Compensation — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Victim/Offender Dialogue Program — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Apology Letters — Kansas Department of Corrections". www.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Kansas Correctional Industries. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Woodall, Hunter (3 August 2017). "As prison staff shortage worsens, Kansas lawmakers question corrections chief". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Editorial Board (18 August 2017). "Editorial: Gov. Sam Brownback finally raises pay for Kansas prison guards, but will it be enough?". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Editorial Board (1 August 2017). "Editorial: 'Like a powder keg ready to explode' — how bad will Kansas prisons get before officials take action?". Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Bowman, Randy. "Kansas Department of Corrections Signs Contract for Out-of-state Prison Beds". Kansas Department of Correction. Retrieved 23 September 2019.