Tom Bevard figures he’s visited with more than 5,000 Kansas prison inmates through Freedom Ministries this summer. Bevard, son Randy and a number of other volunteers and classic car owners, have paid visits to prisons…

For more than 20 years, Tom and Randy Bevard visited Kansas prisons through Freedom Ministries. Their “Fresh Start” events were joyous occasions, outdoor rallies featuring music, food, and most importantly, the Gospel message. Those efforts…

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Coffeyville man has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the killing of a woman in Independence. Benjamin Mason, 20, was sentenced Tuesday in…

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility for about nine hours has been sentenced to nearly 11 more years in prison.  Dustin Frank Robinson escaped from the prison in…

Incarcerating young Kansans is more costly and inhumane than providing community services, education and mentoring to keep them out of the juvenile justice system, according to a new report by a nonprofit pushing the state…

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article reported that TCF inmate/workers are paid 60 cents an hour. That was incorrect. That is the amount they are paid for in-house labor at the Topeka Correctional…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered Kansas to pay more than $826,000 to the estate of a man who died in February following his release from prison after serving more than 12…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials with Kansas’ state policing agency have begun an investigation into the death of an inmate at the women’s prison in Topeka, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation confirmed. Jessica Chapman, 35,…

TOPEKA — A representative for the Kansas Sentencing Commission says research casts doubt on the theory that increased prison sentences will effectively deter people from drug misuse or drug-related crimes. According to a 2018 study…

WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Public health officials are trying to determine whether a coronavirus variant is fueling a new outbreak at a Kansas prison. Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and…