Bill imposes longer prison sentences in Kansas — with $1.5M cost, need for more beds

Bill imposes longer prison sentences in Kansas — with $1.5M cost, need for more beds

BY MORGAN CHILSONKansas Reflector TOPEKA — A bill changing how courts impose jail time on consecutive sentences and limiting who will be released on bond passed the House despite concerns about how much it will increase costs and remove judicial discretion. House Bill 2444 addresses multiple issues, including limiting how days spent in custody while awaiting trial are applied toward consecutive sentences, limiting judicial discretion to release …