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K.S.A. § 19-1919 (2026)

Treatment of prisoners; juvenile prisoners; visits of parents and friends

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19-1919. Treatment of prisoners; juvenile prisoners; visits of parents and friends. All prisoners shall be treated with humanity, and in a manner which promotes their reform. Juveniles shall be kept in quarters separate from adult criminals. The visits of parents and friends shall at all reasonable times be permitted.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 19; R.S. 1923, 19-1919; L. 1982, ch. 182, § 122; January 1, 1983.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1972–2025 · leading case: Thomas v. Cnty. Com'rs of Shawnee Cnty., 262 P.3d 336 (Kan. 2011).
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Thomas v. Cnty. Com'rs of Shawnee Cnty., 262 P.3d 336 (Kan. 2011). · cites it 9× “In response, plaintiffs directed the district court to K.S.A. 19-1919 and Bukaty v. Berglund, 179 Kan.”
Univ. of Kansas Hosp. Auth. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 327 P.3d 430 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 6× “19-1910 (relating to “[c]ost of keeping prisoner under criminal process”); K.S.A. 19-1919 (relating to “[treatment of prisoners”); and K.”
Wesley Med. Ctr. v. City of Wichita, 703 P.2d 818 (Kan. 1985). “indigent person who is arrested by city police and subsequently charged with and convicted of a violation of state law, who before being physically transported to the county jail, is taken to a hospital for necessary medical treatment? Before considering the specific issue…”
Mt. Carmel Med. Ctr. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 566 P.2d 384 (Kan. Ct. App. 1977). “Such actions would violate K.S.A. 19-1919, which requires humane treatment of a prisoner.”
Smith v. Barber, 316 F. Supp. 2d 992 (D. Kan. 2004). · cites it 2× “By court order, the five student plaintiffs were confined in a separate area from the adult inmates, *1029 and, as the five student plaintiffs themselves point out, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-1919 requires that juveniles be housed away from adults.”
United States v. Wyandotte Cnty., Kansas, 343 F. Supp. 1189 (D. Kan. 1972). · cites it 2× “” Section 19-1919 K.S.A. provides that: “All prisoners shall be treated with humanity, and in a manner calculated to promote their reformation.”
Ford by Ford v. Sully, 773 F. Supp. 1457 (D. Kan. 1991). “See K.S.A. 19-1919 (juveniles shall be kept in quarters separate from adult criminals); K.”
Gaston v. Ploeger, 399 F. Supp. 2d 1211 (D. Kan. 2005). · cites it 2× “As a preliminary matter, Plaintiffs reliance on K.S.A. 19-1919 to impose section 1983 liability on the County Commissioners is misplaced.”
Ponce v. Sedgwick Cnty., Kansas, Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners (D. Kan. 2025). · cites it 2× “framework” for determining “what conduct should have been fairly foreseeable.”
Martin v. Sedgwick Cnty., Kansas, Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners Case Consol. for Discovery; All Non-Dispositive filings to be made in Lead Case 24-cv-1124 (D. Kan. 2025). · cites it 2× “framework” for determining “what conduct should have been fairly foreseeable.”
Univ. of Kansas Hosp. Auth. v. Bd. of Franklin Cnty. Comm'rs (Kan. 2021). “at 1005 ; see also K.S.A. 19-1919 ("All prisoners shall be treated with humanity, and in a manner which promotes their reform.”
Bowers v. Barton Cnty. Sheriff Bellendir (Kan. Ct. App. 2022). “" 6 A federal district court rejected a similar state law driven argument and Bowers has not provided us with any authority from the Kansas Supreme Court where they assumed the opposite stance.”
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