Research & Publications

If Kansas were a country, its incarceration rate would be second only to that of the U.S.1 Kansas faces a significant overcrowding issue in its prisons. A notable contributing factor to the state’s high rate of incarceration is imprisonment due to technical violations of probation.

Diversion offers innumerable benefits to Kansas communities and families. And yet, county prosecutors are simply refusing to use it.

Trying to keep track of the ACLU's 4 voting rights lawsuits involving Kris Kobach? It can be confusing, so we created this chart to help.

More than nine out of 10 Kansas registered voters supports changes to the criminal justice system in Kansas, and more than two-thirds of voters believe the number of prisoners in Kansas needs to be reduced, according to the results of a poll commissioned for the ACLU of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed.

Municipal ID cards are a form of photo identification issued by a city or county government, rather than by the state (as with a driver’s license) or the federal government (as with a passport).