(KCTV) — The limestone facade of the old Lansing Correctional Facility looms imposingly. From Kansas City, the state prison is the first of three historic prisons, including the United States ...

The building, originally called the Kansas State Penitentiary, was without purpose after the Kansas Department of Corrections opened the newly constructed Lansing Correctional Facility in 2020.

A view from a prison cell in Cell Block C, a segregated unit, at the historic, Kansas State Penitentiary, also called the Lansing Correctional Facility. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] Tammy ...

The building, originally called the Kansas State Penitentiary, was without purpose after the Kansas Department of Corrections opened the newly constructed Lansing Correctional Facility in 2020.

Established in 1859 by the Kansas Territorial Legislature and originally called Kansas State Penitentiary, the historic prison was renamed Lansing Correctional Facility in 1990. The facility ...