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Kansas - 44-12-313 Sexually Explicit Materials (2019)

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Sexually Explicit Materials, Censorship

Kansas - 44-12-313 Sexually Explicit Materials (2019) 44-12-313. Sexually Explicit Materials Old vs New Before the Change (b) The material shall be considered sexually explicit if the purpose of the material is sexual arousal or gratification and the material meets either of the following conditions: (1) Contains nudity, which shall …

Kansas - Security Threat Groups & Contraband Risks Training (2019)

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Gang Policies, Censorship

Kansas - Security Threat Groups & Contraband Risks Training (2019)

Kansas - Publication Ruling List - effective FY2020

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Kansas - Publication Ruling List - effective FY2020 100 No-Equipment Workouts N Rey 13 Steps to Mentalism Corinda 2017 Master Electrician Exam Questions and Study Guide Ray Holder 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read Ventrua and Russell FY 10/8/2019 8/1/2019 8/6/2019 Regulation Publisher Reason 601 fighting techniquest …

Kansas police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Kansas police officer decertifications Thursday, July 20, 2017 Dispositions by Date Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training 2017 Name Agency Disposition Steve Lewis Halstead Police Department Consent Agreement, Order of Revocation 3/13/2017 Branden Glass Wichita Police Department Consent Agreement, Order of Revocation 3/15/2017 Clint Luckner Clearwater Police Department Consent …

Kansas Federal Court Awards Prisoner $250,000 for Guard’s Excessive Force

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Kansas Federal Court Awards Prisoner $250,000 for Guard’s Excessive Force by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On December 7, 2018, a federal district court awarded a Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner $250,000 in a lawsuit over a guard’s excessive use of force.  Wesley L. Adkins filed a pro se …

Kansas Slaps Corizon Health with Millions in Fines for Contract Violations

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corizon

Kansas Slaps Corizon Health with Millions in Fines for Contract Violations by Chad Marks by Chad Marks “They don’t care who dies, how they die or what they do to you.” That’s what former Kansas prisoner Sarah Loretta Cook said about Corizon Health, the state’s prison medical care provider. With …

Tenth Circuit: Qualified Immunity Defeats 22-Year Solitary Confinement Claims

Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Tenth Circuit: Qualified Immunity Defeats 22-Year Solitary Confinement Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held on August 29, 2018 that prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit challenging a prisoner’s 22 years in solitary confinement.  Kansas prisoner …

JP Morgan Chase Bank Used Secretive Bonds to Finance Kansas Prison Construction

Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

JP Morgan Chase Bank Used Secretive Bonds to Finance Kansas Prison Construction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Recently discovered evidence in a Thomson Reuters database revealed that, in June 2018, JP Morgan Chase Bank (JPMC) underwrote a $159.5 million bond to finance private prison operator CoreCivic’s construction of a …

Prisoner Loses Suit Against Jail Officials for Disclosure of His Medical Condition

Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Medical

Prisoner Loses Suit Against Jail Officials for Disclosure of His Medical Condition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Joseph Leiser was in an Illinois jail pending extradition to Coffey County, Kansas. Because Leiser had been Tased by federal marshals, Coffey County jail administrator Shannon Moore asked Illinois officials to have …

Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Order, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018

Brief • December 17, 2018

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, witness misidentification

Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Order, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 18CV04856 Div14 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2018-CV-4856 Division 14 ORDER Richard Jones, (“The Claimant” or “Claimant”), …

Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Petition, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018

Brief • August 29, 2018

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, witness misidentification

Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Petition, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE PURSUANT TO 2018 Kansas Laws Ch. 108 (H.B. 2579) …

911 'swatting' prank excuses officer's fatal shooting

Article • July 7, 2018

Filed under: Police, Excessive Force (Police)

911 'swatting' prank excuses officer's fatal shooting by R. Bailey By R. Bailey A Kansas district attorney ("DA") determined that a Wichita SWAT team acted reasonably when it fatally shot an innocent, unarmed father in his own home while responding to a “swatting” or 911 prank call made from Los …

Kansas Jail Prisoners Win Lawsuit Over Postcard-only Policy

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail

Kansas Jail Prisoners Win Lawsuit Over Postcard-only Policy by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When Wilson County, Kansas Sheriff Pete Figgins instituted a postcard-only correspondence policy at the county jail, prisoners were only allowed to send and receive letters to and from attorneys. No notice was provided when mail was …

Kansas Prisoner Who Warned “Something is Eating my Brain” Dies of Untreated Brain Infection

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Corizon, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Infections, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Kansas Prisoner Who Warned “Something is Eating my Brain” Dies of Untreated Brain Infection by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The family of Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) prisoner Marques Davis filed suit in federal district court in October 2017, alleging that officials at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility and the …

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …

Kansas DOC Underestimates Cost of New Prison by $51 Million

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Kansas DOC Underestimates Cost of New Prison by $51 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Lansing Correctional Facility, located in the Kansas City area, is crying out for a wrecking ball and a bulldozer. Parts of the facility were built in the 1860s, and the Kansas DOC has …

Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Trust Accounts, Commissary

Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2004, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has drained over $6.7 million from the prison system’s Inmate Benefit Fund (IBF), and spent it on goods and services prohibited by state law. The IBF is …

Kansas v. Bunyard, Syllabus, Forego Counsel, 2018

Brief • February 16, 2018

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Sixth Amendment

Kansas v. Bunyard, Syllabus, Forego Counsel, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 112,645 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JOSIAH R. BUNYARD, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT A district judge's denial of a criminal defendant's right to forego counsel and represent himself or herself is structural …

OIG Report Slams CoreCivic’s Management of Leavenworth Prison

Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

OIG Report Slams CoreCivic’s Management of Leavenworth Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 2017 report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) strongly criticized private prison company CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America), which operates the Leavenworth Detention Center (LDC) …

$10,000 Settles Kansas Suit Over Fall From Upper Bunk

Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Jail Specific

$10,000 Settles Kansas Suit Over Fall From Upper Bunk by In June 2017, Shawnee County, Kansas agreed to pay $10,000 to a woman who fell from an upper bunk in her jail cell, resulting in “severe and permanent” injuries. When Giusepinna Lidia Rogers was booked into the jail, she told …