Lansing Correctional Facility

By Laura Phillippi

Since 1868, the Lansing Correctional Facility (formerly the Kansas State Penitentiary) has stood watch over what would become the city of Lansing. Designed by Erasmus Carr, architect of the Kansas State Capitol, the prison is the oldest in Kansas. In the beginning, it housed male and female inmates from Kansas and Oklahoma, as well as inmates serving federal sentences. Today, the facility s population of minimum, medium, maximum, and special management custody offenders is approximately 2,400. Leavenworth County has also seen the addition of the United States Disciplinary Barracks, United States Penitentiary-Leavenworth, and Corrections Corporation of America-Leavenworth, making it the only county in the country to host a state, military, federal, and private prison. Images of America: Lansing Correctional Facility features photographs of the early days, when inmates were on the silent system and could not speak to one another, to more modern times when rehabilitation has become an important component of prison life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Release date: Oct 27, 2014
• ISBN: 9781439648018

Laura Phillippi

Lansing Historical Museum site supervisor Laura Phillippi is a Kansas native and has a bachelor of science in history from Emporia State University and a master�s degree in history from Fort Hays State University. Nolan Sunderman has a bachelor of science in political science and a master�s degree in public administration from Missouri State University. He is the director of the Economic Development Department and the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the City of Lansing. Phillippi and Sunderman, along with local citizens, have gathered a variety of photographs to tell the unique story of Lansing, �the City with a Future.�

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