Kansas Statutes Annotated
K.S.A. § 76-2423 (2026)
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76-2423.
History: L. 1891, ch. 152, § 26; R.S. 1923, 76-2423; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 339, § 93; July 1, 1974.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1973–1975 · leading case: Poindexter v. Woodson, 357 F. Supp. 443 (D. Kan. 1973).
Poindexter v. Woodson, 357 F. Supp. 443 (D. Kan. 1973). “While it cannot be said that their use was specifically authorized by Kansas statute, the general incidents of strip cell confinement are authorized by K.S.A. 76-2423, as follows: Punishment. There shall be no corporal punishment, and no painful and unusual kinds of punishment…”
Poindexter v. Woodson, 510 F.2d 464 (10th Cir. 1975). “The record shows that the strip cells were part of a structure built at the Kansas prison about 1956. The design was obviously authorized by the appropriate authorities, and the trial court concluded that the use of these cells so built was authorized under Kansas statutes.”
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