List of Kansas state prisons
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The Kansas Department of Corrections is an agency of Kansas
that operates state prisons. It is headquartered on the fourth floor of the Landon State Office Building in Topeka
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Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
that operates state prisons. It is headquartered on the fourth floor of the Landon State Office Building in Topeka
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
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Facilities
- El Dorado Correctional FacilityEl Dorado Correctional FacilityThe El Dorado Correctional Facility, or EDCF, is a maximum security prison located in Butler County, Kansas east of the town of El Dorado.EDCF is home of the Kansas Department of Corrections Reception and Diagnostic Unit, or RDU, which processes every male inmate when they are received into KDOC...
- Ellsworth Correctional Facility in EllsworthEllsworth, KansasEllsworth is a city in and the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,120.-19th century:...
, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south... - Hutchinson Correctional FacilityHutchinson Correctional FacilityHutchinson Correctional Facility is a state prison operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections located in Hutchinson, Kansas in Reno County....
- Lansing Correctional FacilityLansing Correctional FacilityLansing Correctional Facility is a state prison operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections located in Lansing, Kansas in Leavenworth County...
- Larned Correctional Facility
- Norton Correctional Facility
- Topeka Correctional Facility
- Winfield Correctional Facility
- Wichita Work Release Facility
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Kansas
- List of United States state correction agencies
- List of U.S. state prisons
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...