Kansas plan would halve staffing at new Lansing prison
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February 9, 2017
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Corrections is telling legislators it could cut staffing at its largest prison by having a private company build a new facility and lease it to the state.
Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said in a presentation for a Wednesday meeting of a House budget subcommittee that the Lansing prison's staffing could drop to 392 employees from the current 686.
His presentation projected annual staffing costs would drop to less than $21 million from nearly $35 million.
Norwood announced last week that the department will seek proposals from private companies to...
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