KC’s Latest Attempt to Build An $800 Million Human Caging Facility Must Be Stopped
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Kansas City is once again deepening its commitment to build a racist and destructive jail—this time by quietly passing an ordinance to spend $2.3 million of public tax dollars to purchase land from Jackson County which is already building another caging facility of its own.&
On October 10th, with little public input, the City Council hastily approved the use of General Fund money for the project. The city is preparing to bring the jail to a public vote in April, but yesterday voted to move ahead, undemocratically, purchasing the land as if the decision had already been made.&
The proposed site sits next to Jackson County’s $300 million jail project, and the total cost of Kansas City’s new city facility will skyrocket to nearly $800 million over its lifetime if passed.&
Councilman Johnathan Duncan denounced the ordinance vote in a statement to The Defender: “Taking care of people, taking care of communities, and addressing the root causes of crime—which are poverty, lack of affordable housing, and lack of jobs—are not being addressed by this facility.”
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