to the women's prison in Topeka. That January 2023 move followed her gender-affirming surgery at The University of Kansas Health System. Her convictions include first-degree murder and two counts ...

Amber Peery, convicted Aug. 15 in the October 2022 Kansas Turnpike crash deaths of three Girl Scouts, including her daughter, ...

Kansas lawmakers gave verbal support for the state’s Department of Corrections to explore building a nursery program at the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women.

Topeka? Just a few years ago, Kansas was facing the possibility of an expensive expansion of the state prison system because of a growing inmate population. But the tide has turned. The state ...

Cherry’s plea in Shawnee County District Court in Topeka ... Kansas hasn’t executed anyone since 1965. With Cherry's guilty plea, state law requires Heinen to sentence Cherry to life in prison ...

Peery, 35, was admitted Dec. 17 to the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state's women's prison at 815 S.E. Rice Road, according to the website of the Kansas Department of Corrections ...