Corrections

The deficiencies have placed the facility's federal funding in jeopardy.

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There's mostly agreement that pay raises are the fix, but there's not agreement on paying for them.

A graduation ceremony was held recently for inmates at Hutchinson Correctional Facility. The inmates all completed programs designed to make sure that once they're released from prison, they don't return.

State budget cuts could hurt a program that helps drug offenders avoid jail time.

By 2018, the state of Kansas expects to have 9,400 inmates confined in state prisons, or about 600 more than the state's capacity to house them. Now, lawmakers are considering a plan to expand the capacity of the prison system.

Kansas Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts will step down from his position at the end of the year.

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