On March 19, Jackson County leaders celebrated the completion of the new 470,000-square-foot Jackson County Detention Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony, marking a significant investment in modern public safety infrastructure and a new approach to detention operations.
Kansas City, Missouri, has launched a new Department of Community Safety, a reorganization intended to bring together violence prevention, corrections, rehabilitation and reentry functions under a single umbrella as the city advances plans for a new detention facility.
Construction is progressing on a new temporary, modular jail in Kansas City, Mo., after local officials approved an additional $3.83 million in funding for the project last week.
Kansas City voters approved a 20-year renewal of the city’s quarter-cent public safety sales tax on April 8, securing funding for a new municipal jail and other key public safety infrastructure after years of uncertainty and logistical hurdles.
Construction has begun on a new and improved Jackson County Detention Center to replace the county’s current downtown facility.
In early February the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the award of a $62.4 million contract to JE Dunn Construction Company for building improvements at the Charles E. Whittaker U.S. Courthouse as part of the White House’s Investing in America Agenda.
Maricopa County, Ariz., is the fourth largest county in the nation — and its rising number of court cases is a testament to that. From 2000 to 2008, the number of criminal cases went from 26,000 to more than 41,000. More than 56,000 criminal cases are expected to be ongoing by 2016.
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
