LINCOLN — The largest and oldest prison in Kansas, the Lansing Correctional Facility, opened when Abraham Lincoln was president.
So when Kansas officials decided to replace the 2,400-bed Lansing facility because of overcrowding, rising operating costs and its age, they opted for a novel solution: hire a private company to build a replacement, and have the state staff it with their workers and lease it for 20 years, when it would then own it.
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