Topeka ? Minimum-security inmates from a northeast Kansas state prison are making sure some Topeka students and others get pumpkins for Halloween.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the inmates were in the city Tuesday for the 16th straight year to hand out pumpkins at the Sheldon Child Development Center.

Lansing Correctional Facility warden David McKune says the inmates delight in seeing the faces of the 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children when they get their own pumpkins.

McKune says the inmates also take pumpkins to Lansing and Leavenworth schools for children who might not get one otherwise.

The visit to Sheldon is part of the inmates’ annual community service project.

It’s estimated that inmates have presented about 8,000 pumpkins to Sheldon preschool students since the program started in 1994.