The new Jackson County detention center is nearing completion. Construction is expected to be wrapped up before the end of the year.
County officials led members of the media on a tour Thursday of the $317 million project being constructed at 7000 E. Highway 40 in Kansas City.
Planning for the new 1,000-bed detention center began in 2019 and construction started in 2022. County officials anticipate the facility will be completed in the first weeks of December this year…