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The women wrote personal letters to music artist, Melissa Etheridge.Jessica Knoll, a Topeka Correctional Facility resident, wrote her letter and experienced a sense of release.
Kansas lawmakers gave verbal support for the state’s Department of Corrections to explore building a nursery program at the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women ...
The warden of the state-run women's prison in Topeka has been reassigned to Lansing Correctional Facility, where she will take over operations next week. Shannon Meyer, warden at Topeka Correctiona… ...
The Topeka Correctional Facility has implemented temporary housing measures for nearly 500 women in the facility, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.
For nine long years, Leigh Argersinger has been locked behind fences topped with razor wire at Topeka Correctional Facility, the women's prison for the state of Kansas. She has often felt alone ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Topeka Correctional Facility has a new warden. The Kansas Department of Corrections said in a release Thursday that Shannon Meyer has been named warden of the Topeka women ...
Kansas lawmakers gave verbal support for the state’s Department of Corrections to explore building a nursery program at the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women ...
Six Topeka Correctional Facility inmates filed suit last week alleging the state showed deliberate indifference to their safety and health. ... the state's women's prison at 815 S.E. Rice Road. ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -Five women from Topeka Correctional Facility share their stories in a new documentary that debuted today. The women wrote personal letters to music artist, Melissa Etheridge.
The Topeka Correctional Facility is the only women's prison in Kansas, and may also house newborns and toddlers if the Kansas Department of Corrections moves forward with plans to build a nursery.
For nine long years, Leigh Argersinger has been locked behind fences topped with razor wire at Topeka Correctional Facility, the women's prison for the state of Kansas. She has often felt alone ...
Kansas lawmakers gave verbal support for the state’s Department of Corrections to explore building a nursery program at the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women. During the ...