Know Your Rights: Abortion vote in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Now that Texas has banned abortions in most cases after six weeks of pregnancy, many people are wondering if other states will soon do the same.
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Biden Ended Contracts with Private Prisons. So One May Turn To House Immigrants
People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.
A 'Violent' Kansas Prison May Detain Immigrants After Biden Ended Contracts With Private Prisons
People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.
Violence plagues private prison in Kansas, critics say, urging Biden to close all such facilities
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One federal inmate was murdered, his lung punctured in an altercation; another was stabbed 17 times; a third was beaten and needed to be hospitalized; and two inmates died by suicide. Staff members have been attacked, including one doused with hot water and stabbed.
Kansas agrees to $1.9M settlement for defending Kobach’s baseless voter fraud claims
TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys $1.9 million in fees and expenses for a five-year legal battle over an unconstitutional restriction on voter registrations.
The DOJ Faces Pressure To Close A Prison Which May Dodge Executive Order To Close
The ACLU and federal public defenders are warning a private prison company may be trying to avoid President Biden's executive order that bans new contracts with most for-profit detention facilities.
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