Kansas prisons

There are more than 400 uniformed vacancies at Kansas Department of Corrections prisons. The worker shortage means corrections officers taking on tons of overtime and inmates are locked in their cells for long stretches.

Prisons run by the Kansas Department of Corrections aren't always air-conditioned, and inmates and staff who work inside say the heat can be unbearable.

The state's high court ruled the state's criminal registry rules aren't punitive and that they can be imposed even in crimes committed before the statutes demanding life-long check-ins were imposed.

Kansas prisons were hotbeds of coronavirus infections early in the pandemic, but vaccinations appear to have protected those inmates living in close quarters.

Kansas' COVID-19 cases are on the rise outside prisons. Inside, inmates say they're still not getting much information about the virus.

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