KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Detention Center Director Diana Knapp submitted her resignation on Sunday. Effective immediately, both Deputy Director Delores Wells and Deputy Director Michael ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County leaders celebrated the completion of the new detention facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. The jail complex can hold up to 1,000 inmates, with the ...

EUROPEAN COMPANY NEVILLE AS WELL. A NEW DETENTION CENTER IS OPEN IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI. COUNTY LEADERS HOSTED A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE FACILITY. TODAY IT’S JUST OFF 40 HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF BLUE ...

The Jackson County Sheriff said three inmates in the detention center have tested positive for COVID. In a post on social media, Sheriff Darryl Forte said several other inmates are also showing ...

Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. Sheriff Darryl Forte said the resignation ...

Jackson County officials symbolically open the new $300-million, 470,000-square-foot Jackson County detention center on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Ilana Arougheti A new $301 million detention center ...