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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Department of Corrections is telling legislators it could cut staffing at its largest prison by having a private company build a new facility and lease it to the state.
Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said in a presentation for a Wednesday meeting of a House budget subcommittee that the Lansing prison's staffing could drop to 392 employees from the current 686.
His presentation projected annual staffing costs would drop to less than $21 million from nearly $35 million.
Norwood announced last week that the department will seek proposals from private companies to build a new prison. The state would mothball but preserve the oldest parts of the prison that date to the 1860s but tear down the rest.
The department has described a lease-purchase deal as one possible option.
© Associated Press
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