Candidate forum planned Oct. 1

A Candidate Forum on Criminal Justice is planned at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Bethel Neighborhood Center, 14 S. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The forum is sponsored by Kansans for Smart Justice, ACLU of Kansas, Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, El Centro, Kansas Appleseed, Kansas Black Leadership Council, Kansas City, Kan., NAACP and MainStream Coalition.

All Wyandotte County state legislative candidates are being invited to participate.

The candidates will be asked about their views on the criminal justice system and the state level criminal justice policies they support.

The event is free and open to the public.