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‘This place is killing me’: Prison medical care in Kansas still struggles to help inmates

Darren Powell worries he could die in prison — and not because he’s serving a life sentence. He worries about dying due to a lapse in his medication.  Takeaways Prison medical staffers move slowly, offer poor care and sometimes deny someone is sick or injured, inmates say.  Prison medical care is an issue in every state. The problems in Kansas have persisted for years.  The state says it audits prison medical care and fines the contractor for …
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thebeaconnews.org broke the news in Wichita, United States on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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