News & Announcements
Inmates Create Works of Art
The Norton Telegram recently published a story about inmates at Norton Correctional Facility who make quilts for those in need. Last year, inmates made 300 quilts that were donated to charity.
HCF Hosts Public Information Officers Meeting
The Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF) hosted communication professionals from across the state Wednesday to discuss how the prison and community emergency services interact and support each other to deliver information to the media and general public.
Bethel Students Cross Cultures by Going into Prison
Students from Bethel College in Newton have collaborated with inmates from Hutchinson Correctional Facility on a theater production based on previously published monologues and dialogues combined with journal entries from the project's participants. The production, first presented at the facility with inmates, will be followed by a student-only version at the college in February.
OWDS Program Graduates a Class of 14
A recent Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training program concluded with participants from the Department of Corrections and community organizations taking part.
Inmates' Good Deeds Benefit Topeka Women and Children
Bag it, bow it, tag it. Bag it, bow it, tag it. That’s what students in the Kansas Correctional Industries’ Dental Lab at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) do roughly 2,000 times each year during the spare minutes that intersperse their regular work of making dentures for patients of the KAMU safety net clinics scattered across Kansas.
