
Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new state audit says Kansas’ complex for juvenile offenders in Topeka still does not adequately supervise young offenders three years after a report found problems there.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports auditors found that video shows that officers at the Kansas Juvenile Corrections did not complete required checks for young offenders considered suicide risks multiple times despite recording in a log that they had.
The report from the Legislature’s auditing division said the complex addressed most problems disclosed in an earlier 2012 audit but not all of them. The maximum-security complex houses about 140 juveniles.
Auditors recommended that the complex establish a more formal and documented process to verify that officers perform required checks on offenders.
Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts promised to focus on improvements.