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For-profit Kansas Prison an Understaffed ‘Hell Hole’ of Violence, Death and Drugs

Attorneys and former guards describe CoreCivic’s pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth as out of control

by Allison Kite

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Former Inmates Are Often Locked Out of the Job Market

New Correctional Facility Career Campus to Address Labor Shortage

by Catherine Hoffman

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Here’s What Trump Missed About Violent Crime in Kansas City

Police know they can’t arrest their way out of the problem. So what works?

by Mary Sanchez

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