Prison Life in Kansas
When a person commits a felony or multiple felony crimes in Kansas, they are most likely going to receive a sentence from the judge that requires them to serve time in the prison system. ... Upon entering the prison system a convicted felon must be sent to El Dorado for the R. ... All incarcerated inmates in Kansas are assigned a counselor to handle their case as well as all of their personal problems, disciplinary issues, and case reviews. ... Once an inmate is incarcerated in the state of Kansas there are many rules to follow. ... All inmates are expected to be well behaved during their stay in prison. Any inmate who acts up while in prison will be punished. ... All inmates who are sentenced to serve time in Kansas enter into the system as an incentive level 1. ... Incentive levels are put in place to give an inmate an opportunity to better himself while in prison through good behavior. ... If an inmate has received a class I,II, or III write up for bad behavior he or she could also move down an incentive level or have good time withdrawn from them, making their stay in prison a little longer. Files of inmate behavior will follow an inmate his entire life. If an inmate goes home, commits a new crime ten years later and goes back to prison, the file which contains all of their records will pick back up right where it left off. As well as in regular life on the street, inmates are encouraged to behave appropriately because their record will follow them the rest of their life in prison as well. While in prison inmates are fed three good healthy meals a day. ... All facilities in the state of Kansas have their own method of visitation for family members of prisoners. ... All visitors which enter on to any facilities in Kansas have passed a FBI background check to be allowed to enter and are also subject to being searched at any time.