Hutchinson ? An already congested Kansas probation system has become more crowded, taking on supervision of convicted felons from other states, Kansas’ corrections officials say.

“Generally, we’re supervising more people from out of state than the ones we send out,” burdening Kansas’ system, Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Miskell said. “Absolutely, it is jam-packed.”

Through a tangled web of agreements with counties and states, Reno County alone has taken on 19 other felons from as far away as California, according to an Internet list published by the state Department of Corrections. Those 19 join about 1,000 other newcomers in counties across Kansas.

Those felons were placed on probation in other states, then were moved to Kansas, Miskell said.

About 900 Kansans are being supervised on felony probation outside the state, he said.

“You bet court services and community corrections are overtaxed,” said Steve Becker, administrative judge of the 27th Judicial District in Reno County. “Their caseloads reflect the logjam we have here in the courts, and we’re all overburdened.”

The state lists probations ranging from a lewd molestation in Allen County to a murder and aggravated assault parolee, Terrence Hansen, from Tennessee, being supervised in Dickinson County.

The swapped cases, Becker said, are just part of law enforcement in Kansas.

“It’s that way everywhere,” he said. “I’m not aware we have any more in Reno County than other jurisdictions. Don’t think any of us are looking for things to do.”