The Latest: Report of disturbance at Kansas prison disputed

 


EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the latest disturbance at a maximum-security Kansas prison (all times local):

4:55 p.m.

A spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections says it has found no evidence of a significant episode of unrest at a state prison reported earlier by a union for state workers.

Department spokesman Todd Fertig said Saturday it investigated whether a group of inmates refused to follow orders Friday evening and did not find that such an incident occurred.

The report that such an incident occurred came from the Kansas Organization of State Employees in a tweet Friday...



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