This spring dozens of men and women convicted of serious drug-related charges will be sent into a brand new, very structured probation program in their hometown, rather than go to prison. Prison ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Brad Barnes, program director for the Bartholomew County Veteran’s Treatment Court, talks about the success of the program during a graduation ceremony for veterans in the ...

When it comes to community corrections funding, Sedgwick County has a problem, which means we all have a problem. Following a shady process, the Kansas Department of Corrections has created a new ...

A state program designed to keep offenders out of prison and enhance public safety has remained in limbo for the past month.

HELENA — The state Department of Corrections should collect and analyze more data to compare the effectiveness of state and private prisons, to more efficiently place and transfer inmates among ...