Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Department of Corrections KDOC | |
---|---|
| |
| |
Agency overview | |
Employees | 3,644 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Kansas, USA |
Map of Kansas Department of Corrections's jurisdiction. | |
General nature | • Local civilian agency |
Headquarters | Topeka, Kansas |
| |
Agency executive |
|
Website | |
http://www.doc.ks.gov www.doc.ks.gov |
The Kansas Department of Corrections[1] is a cabinet-level agency of Kansas that operates the state's correctional facilities, both juvenile and adult; the state's parole system; and the state's Prisoner Review Board. It is headquartered in Topeka.[2]
Correctional Facilities
The Kansas Department of Corrections operates 10 main correctional facility sites, and three satellite correctional facility sites.[3]
- El Dorado Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 1511)
- Ellsworth Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 913)
- Hutchinson Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 1784)
- Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (unknown capacity)
- Lansing Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 2351)
- Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (inmate capacity 438)
- Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility (unknown capacity)
- Norton Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 835)
- Topeka Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 815) – Women's facility[4]
- Winfield Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 554)
- Wichita Work Release Facility (inmate capacity 250)
Community & Field Services
The community and field services division[5] has two units - parole[6] and community corrections.[7]
Victim Services
The Office of Victim Services (OVS)[8] provides confidential support and information to victims, survivors, and witnesses if the offender in the crime was sentenced to incarceration in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Services provided include victim notification,[9] safety planning,[10] victim restitution,[11] parole comment session advocacy, Victim/Offender Dialogue (VOD) program,[12] facility tours, and apology letters.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ Home Page, Kansas Department of Corrections Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Contacts, KDOC.
- ↑ Correctional Facilities, KDOC
- ↑ "Admission RDU." Kansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 6, 2915.
- ↑ Community & Field Services, KDOC
- ↑ Parole Services, KDOC
- ↑ Community Corrections, KDOC
- ↑ Victim Services, KDOC
- ↑ Victim Notification, KDOC
- ↑ Safety Planning, KDOC
- ↑ Restitution, KDOC
- ↑ VOD program, KDOC
- ↑ Apology Repository, KDOC
External links
- Official website
- Kansas Department of Corrections publications available at the Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library