Committee Information:
Members
Senate
Senator Kellie Warren, Chairperson
Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Ranking
Minority Member
Senator Elaine Bowers
Senator Ethan Corson
Senator Renee Erickson
Senator Beverly Gossage
Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau
Senator Kristen O’Shea
House
Representative Stephen Owens, Vice-chairperson
Representative Sydney Carlin
Rep. Dennis “Boog” Highberger
Representative Kyle Hoffman
Representative Jo Ella Hoye
Representative John Resman
Representative Eric Smith
Staff
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Jillian Block
Nicole Hrenchir
Jordan Milholland
Office of Revisor of Statutes
Jason Thompson
Natalie Scott
Jenna Moyer
Committee Assistant
Connie Burns
Charge
Monitor Inmate and Juvenile Offender Populations and Study KDOC Operations
KSA 46-2801 directs the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight (Committee) to monitor inmate and juvenile offender populations and to review and study the programs, activities, plans, and operations of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC).
The Committee will study issues relating to KDOC operations, including prison population and capacity, prison construction master plans, and bed contracts; KDOC employee retention; KDOC appropriations and planning; and the continuing implementation and impact of the juvenile justice reforms originally enacted in 2016.
The Committee will also study the following:
- Nursery programs for incarcerated mothers with special consideration of the Nebraska model;
- Probation and post-release supervision implementation in other states;
- Job and career assessment software for KDOC; and
- Additional topics that request Joint Committee attention.
Approved Meeting Days: 3 days