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A 2023 grand jury in a Missouri circuit court agreed that the jail was over capacity. Platte County Detention Center inmates were becoming more high-risk over time and the jail was understaffed ...
If the ballot question passes, the jail would expand to 470 beds, a 161% increase in capacity. Taxpayers would pay a half-cent tax increase for the next 20 years to fund the project.
Central Missouri Correctional Center (closed June 2005) [12] As of 2010 the state did not use private prisons or export prisoners to facilities in other states. [ 13 ] Previously, in 1995, the state had exported prisoners to the Newton County Correctional Center in Newton, Texas, to temporarily alleviate overcrowding.
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City . [ 1 ]
The home officially closed as a juvenile facility in 1980 and re-opened as an adult correctional center in 1981. The new Chillicothe Correctional Center opened in 2008, and the former Industrial Home site was declared surplus. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Platte County residents can vote on their District 12 State Representative now for early voting through Nov. 5 election. To find your polling location, you can check your voter registration. Show ...
Holt Coffey (August 2, 1891 – January 9, 1964) [1] was the sheriff of Platte County, Missouri from 1933 until 1937 and again from 1941 until 1945. Coffey, along with newly elected Platte City Prosecutor David Clevenger, was responsible for cleaning up much of the small-time crime around Platte County, a suburb of freewheeling Kansas City, Missouri.
The 2024 KC Voter Guide is a collaboration between The Kansas City Star and the KC Media Collective. All voter guide content is free and outside of the paywall. Platte County voters will have the ...