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Corrections Briefing Report, 2002: Kansas Department of Corrections

NCJ Number
201844
Date Published
January 2002
Length
162 pages
Annotation
This document provides an overview of the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Abstract
The report details the mission and goals, duties and responsibilities, and major milestones, highlights, and plans for this organization. Budget and staffing are described. Issues such as population and capacity, are listed and discussed. Offender accountability and responsibility are described, including community service hours worked, work release inmates, and privileges and incentives. The trends among offenders are discussed. This includes yearly admissions and releases, demographics, and return rate of offenders released. The major milestones, highlights, and plans of offender programs are described, along with the allocation of funds and program expenditures. The types of programs listed include academic and special education, vocational education, sex offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, and community-based and other facility programs. Correctional industries--traditional and private--are listed, as well as the major milestones, highlights, and plans, and revenues and earnings. Parole services, community corrections, and conservation camps are discussed. The eight facilities in the State of Kansas are discussed, as well as the management responsibilities, capacity changes, and capital improvement projects. Directories for Kansas Department of Corrections contacts and community corrections are listed.