Kansas still mulling inmate releases despite prison outbreak
Share
Tweet
May 7, 2020
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she's still considering releasing some Kansas inmates early because of the coronavirus pandemic even though an outbreak of hundreds of cases has one prison under quarantine.
Kelly confirmed last week during an Associated Press interview that the Department of Corrections moved six inmates from state to house arrest before being forced to stop early releases because of an outbreak at the Lansing Correctional Facility outside Kansas City. As of Wednesday, 609 inmates and 88 staff members there were infected.
The burgeoning cases at the Lan...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)