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Plan to double-bunk at new Kansas prison worries lawmakers

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Majority of new Kansas prison to be double-bunked when open

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In this Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 photo, Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood answers questions from The Associated Press during an interview in Topeka, Kan. Norwood says he doesn't see connections between a recent riot at a prison in Norton and earlier disturbances at a prison in El Dorado Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas prisons chief: Outside protests fuel inmate unrest

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood answers a question from a lawmaker during a hearing with the legislative committee as they discussed the Lansing Correction Facility, in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas prisons chief says unrest not tied to staffing issues

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas has 3 companies vying for prison project

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FILE - This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. A staffing shortage constitutes an emergency at a Kansas maximum-security lockup that has seen several recent inmate disturbances, requiring mandatory overtime and shifts as long as 16 hours, the state's prisons chief said. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood made that pronouncement in a letter Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, to an employee union in rejecting a grievance over long hours at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kansas prisons chief confirms staffing emergency at lockup

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. A union representing state employees disclosed Friday, July 21, 2017, it filed a grievance earlier this month with Kansas' top corrections officials alleging that officers at the maximum-security prison are being forced to work 16-hour shifts. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Union: Kansas prison forcing officers to work 16-hour shifts

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood discusses a proposal to build a new prison in Lansing during a meeting of a Kansas House Appropriations subcommittee, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The department wants to replace its oldest and largest prison in Lansing and is pushing to have a private company build a new facility and lease it to the state (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Plan would cut Kansas prison’s staffing more than 40 percent

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

County applying for trail grant

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