prison overcrowding

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

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.