Kansas Department of Corrections signs inmate healthcare contract starting at $88.9M annually

The Kansas Department of Corrections awards prison healthcare contract to a Topeka company with a controversial record of service in Mississippi prisons.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 558

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Corrections signed a two-year contract with a private healthcare company based in Topeka to provide medical services for 10,000 inmates at the state’s eight adult prisons and the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex.

The deal with VitalCore Health Strategies would obligate the state to pay $88.9 million in the initial fiscal year starting July 1, state Department of Corrections officials said. The contract could be lengthened twice under separate …

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