Hutchinson Correctional Facility News

School lawsuit - Last week the Garden City USD 457 board narrowly approved, 4-3, joining Schools for Fair Funding.

Published online 12/7/2009 11:23 PM Inmate recaptured at Wichita store Man accidentally freed in Sedgwick County could face additional charges.

What Sedgwick County Jail officials are calling a clerical error resulted in the release of a prison inmate from Hutchinson.

Sedgwick County releases an inmate on accident, and it doesn't realize it for ten days.

The commands are basic. The training is anything but. Hutchinson Correctional Facility's newest class is also one of the toughest.

"Daisy" is back at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. A spokesperson with the prison says Daisy was taken in Thursday by a citizen who heard she was missing, and called the prison Friday morning.

Authorities at a Kansas prison are looking for an escapee, but it's not a prisoner.

There's and animal on the loose that authorities want everyone to look out for. The dog, a Belgian Malinois, is part of the K-9 unit at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.

Published online 10/21/2009 11:42 PM Battery suspect: Drug affected my actions Former HCF inmate says Prozac influenced violent acts toward officers, peer.

Published online 9/25/2009 10:15 PM Inmate allegedly tried to send governor a threatening letter By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com A Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate has been charged with criminal threat for allegedly trying to send a threatening letter Aug.

Published online 9/19/2009 10:30 PM Prisons can't contain rising medical costs Health care costs have spiked with a population growing older and sicker By Ken Stephens - The Hutchinson News - kstephens@hutchnews.com The health clinic at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility sees more than 1,000 prisoners a month for everything from minor illnesses ...

Published online 9/16/2009 11:08 PM A DAY IN THE LIFE: Ye Old Mill a beloved state fair classic At 97, the boat ride in a tunnel still thrills fairgoers and generates memories.

The Hutchinson Correctional Facility reports the escape of an inmate today. Authorities are searching for 39-year-old Steve Genton.

A man convicted of rape and other sex crimes has escaped from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility's medium security prison.

Published online 9/8/2009 9:28 PM Protest at jail annex comes to a quick end Law enforcement teams gain entry to barricaded pod, remove prisoners.

A wild mustang circled again and again in a small pen in Domer Arena at the Kansas Expocentre on Thursday, turning the other direction only when it was pressured to do so and stopping only when the pressure was removed.

A Hutchinson prison has won statewide honors for its recycling program. Inmates at the Hutchinson Correction Facility have made old prison blues into quilts, turned old wood into children's toys and collected tons of aluminum.

Every year tens of thousands of animals are put down because they are unwanted and un-adoptable, but there are some very lucky dogs out there that are given a second chance in a place where chances are hard to come by.

The Hutchinson News, June 24: The most unfortunate aspect to the budget cuts restraining agencies across the state may be the costs that don't come with dollar signs.

State budget problems are forcing prison officials to drop programs designed to help inmates' rehabilitation.