Gallows built to exactly replicate the original are now part of what visitors can see at the former Kansas State Penitentiary ...

That’s about to change. When the Kansas Department of Corrections opened a newly constructed Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kansas, in 2020 it meant the old, stone-walled prison ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A Lansing ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Corrections has promoted the new Warden of the Lansing Correctional Facility from within its own ranks. Kansas Secretary of Corrections Jeff Zmuda ...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback touted a $362-million plan Tuesday to replace 155-year-old Lansing Correctional Facility.“It predates Abraham Lincoln,” Brownback said. “This is a historic site ...

George “Bernie” Robare, 61, had worked at the Lansing Correctional Facility in northeast Kansas for more than 35 years. His wife, Susan Robare, told the Kansas News Service that he woke up ...

A Kansas man who escaped from Lansing Correctional Facility in a dog crate died in prison over the weekend.Jail records from the Kansas Department of Corrections indicate that John Manard died on ...

(KWCH) - Lansing Correctional Facility inmate Kaydin Varland-Hazelton ... When a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections, the death is under investigation by the ...

A resident at Lansing Correctional Facility died of COVID-19, the Kansas Department of Corrections announced Friday, the first death in a Kansas prison due to the virus since March 2021.

(KSNW) – A 54-year-old man convicted of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer who walked away from the Lansing Correctional Facility on Sunday night ...

LANSING, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Corrections said an inmate escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility on Sunday, April 7, 2024. According to KDOC, Bradley G. Verstraete walked ...