Wagner said the city will spend $260,000 to improve security at the Heartland Center for Behavioral Change. "The temporary solution is a little more expensive," Wagner said, "but not that much more expensive." Taxpayers will foot an inflated bill for the time being to house inmates elsewhere. "No one wants one in their backyard, so there is always an issue of zoning,” KCMO Councilman Scott Wagner said.Ī more immediate issue is what to do with the city's 159 inmates currently housed at the county jail after June 25. The City Manager's Office is exploring several possible locations for a new jail, but those locations have yet to be made public. One major hurdle is finding a place to build a new Kansas City municipal jail. With the county - under pressure after a grand jury report detailed poor living conditions, overcrowding and a dangerous work environment at the Jackson County Detention Center, whose control has been transferred to the Sheriff's Office - attempting to more than double the city's per-inmate cost from $50 to $110, Kansas City may get back in the jail business. The city operated a municipal jail for more than a century before reaching an agreement with the county in April 2009. City inmates will be forced to leave the county jail June 25 after negotiations stalled between leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri.
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