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Kansas to tackle prison crowding as Legislature opens
Kansas faces worsening overcrowding with 5,261 prisoners in facilities designed for 5,015. Ellsworth’s 288 beds could be used immediately, but the new facility opens in March 1989. Projections grow, renovations shrink capacity, and lawmakers weigh reforms including more work release centers and a community supervision system to curb nonviolent offenders.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Ellsworth
Department of Corrections
Kansas State Penitentiary
Larry Cowger
Secretary of Corrections
Cowger
Richard Mills
Mills
Kansas City
Forbes Field
Shawnee County
Allan P. Meyers
Johnson County