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Jackson County Jail getting body scanner to help catch contraband

The scanner, a Tek84 Intercept, produces images similar to those of medical exams, but emits only 1% of a medical x-ray’s ...
KSHB Kansas City

Jackson County offers jail for temporary detention center for KC; city leaders push back on safety conditions

Jackson County proposed a study on the feasibility of Kansas City, Missouri, using the existing Jackson County Adult Detention Center after the county moves to a new facility in 2026. It's been years ...
KMBC Kansas City

Jackson County legislators pitch jail plan to Kansas City leaders

SURRENDERED TO DEPUTIES. JACKSON COUNTY LEADERS ARE OFFERING UP A NEW PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW KANSAS CITY TO TEMPORARILY USE THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DOESN’T HAVE ONE. KMBC NINE S ...
Kansas City Star

KC could be offered county jail as a temporary solution. Could it work?

The Jackson County Detention Center in downtown Kansas City in 2017. File photo Jackson County legislators are looking at offering a solution to Kansas City’s municipal jail issue: the county’s ...
KCTV News

Feasibility study to explore possibility of Kansas City using county detention center as temporary jail

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 30-day feasibility study between Jackson County and Kansas City to explore the possibility of the city using the existing Jackson County Detention Center as a temporary ...