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Operation Liberation held a rally outside the Jackson County Detention Center on Monday, claiming that widespread "precautionary quarantines" are denying inmates their due process rights. Detention center officials deny the accusations.
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More than 100 residents of Heart Village mobile park will be displaced as part of the county's plan to build a new detention center.
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The deal to build a new detention center at the site of the Heart Village mobile park will displace families in a region already plagued by a shortage of affordable housing.
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This is the first step in replacing the current Jackson County Detention Center which has been overcrowded since it opened in downtown Kansas City in 1984.
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Jackson County voters overwhelmingly chose Darryl Forté in the Democratic primary.
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The winner of this Democratic primary between incumbent Sheriff Darryl Forté and former sheriff Mike Sharp will take office, as there is no Republican candidate.
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Kyle Mead got more than he bargained for after he agreed to a one-year contract to temporarily house Kansas City inmates.Mead is the president and CEO of…
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Segment 1: Heartland Center for Behavioral Change was not equipped to accept the full array of inmates brought in by the Kansas City Police…
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Kansas City could once again house inmates and detainees in the downtown Jackson County jail after Mayor Quinton Lucas and Sheriff Darryl Forté reached a…
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Kansas City officials are concerned by ongoing issues at the city's temporary jail, including six escapes, a death, an assault and now, an attempted…
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Underwire bras may still be setting off the metal detectors at the Jackson County jail, but the standoff over the issue, nicknamed “bra-gate,” has ended —…
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After her underwire bra set off the metal detector at the Jackson County Detention Center one morning, jail employee Charlotte Hardin removed it and sent…