Updates on KDOC inmates with local connections

A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Riley county nearly 35 years ago for second degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole. 63-year-old Michael Long’s next earliest possible release date is now listed as May of 2019.

Long was up for public comment sessions in March. He began serving his sentence in March of 1983 in connection with an August 1982 case. Long has served most of his time at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility.

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Only one state of Kansas inmate with area connections is up for public comment sessions and possible parole this next session of hearings.  Oliver Smith, 55, was convicted of first degree murder and rape in Geary County, with sentencing in February of 1989. The offenses occurred in October of 1986.

Public comment sessions are set for July 19th at the Derby Police and courts building, July 28th at the Municipal Court House in Topeka on Eighth Street, and July 31st at City Hall In Kansas City on North Seventh Street. A parole hearing will be held in August, with the earliest possible release in September of this year.

Smith has served most of his time at Hutchinson correctional facilities.