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Kansas community corrections urges modest FY27 boost, warns against cuts to reinvestment funds
Summary
Randy Regier, director of Reno County Community Corrections and president of the Kansas Community Corrections Association, told the joint committee that community corrections supervises moderate to high‑risk felony probationers and “offers a great return on investment,” citing Department of Corrections figures that prison beds cost far more per day than community supervision.
Randy Regier, director of Reno County Community Corrections and president of the Kansas Community Corrections Association, told the joint committee that community corrections supervises moderate to high‑risk felony probationers and “offers a great return on investment,” citing Department of Corrections data that prisons cost nearly $110 per day while community supervision cost about $11.41 per day.
Regier said community corrections programs are county employees paid in part by KDOC grants and guided by local advisory boards, and that Reno County’s recent outcomes illustrate the savings and public‑safety benefits the programs can produce. He said Reno County supervised 125 successful completers last year, producing roughly $14.5 million in avoided incarceration costs just from those completions, and noted a statewide six‑year success rate of about 72.4 percent.
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