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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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For 20 years, English professor Brian Daldorph has taught Douglas County Jail inmates poetry. He's compiled some of their works in his new book, "Words Is A Powerful Thing."
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While much of life was focused on getting through the pandemic, Jackson County was moving forward with plans for the most expensive building project in its history. But will Kansas City join in?
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Segment 1: With Sanders out of the race, the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination is all but secured.Loyalty, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said, is…
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Segment 1: Public defenders are calling prisons during pandemic ticking time bombsIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 scare, individual correctional…
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Segment 1: A career change introduced one man to the hidden flaws of the American justice system. Jason Hardy's time as a parole and probation officer in…
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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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Two employees of the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department have been charged in connection with an altercation involving an inmate at the county jail in…
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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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The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas has approved a proposal to renew contracts with jails in other counties to house some…
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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…