Kansas City Fights Prison Industrial Complex Amid Homicide Surge

Admittedly . . .

There isn't a lot of love for "law & order" campaigning. 

Somewhere along the line . . . Americans decided that locking up more people than China wasn't a great idea.

And so . . . Reform and prison alternatives are the new hotness, the hope for the future and a growth industry.

Here's a peek at 12th & Oak jumping aboard this social justice bandwagon . . .

During Thursday's city council meeting, members approved the creation of a new commission with the mission to present recommendations for solutions to crime that keep people out of the new jail.

The commission will include ten members, including a formerly incarcerated person who now works in alternative programs such as the UMKC Clean My Record, Operation Liberation, KC Community Bail Fund and the KC Metropolitan Crime Commission's Second Chance Risk Reduction Center.

Other members will include a representative from the NAACP or Urban League and a member from a social justice organization.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KCMO City Council approves commission to explore alternatives to incarceration

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City needs a new jail, but some city leaders want programs designed to keep people out of trouble and out of jail. The city doesn't have its own jail now, but they plan to share part of the cost of Jackson County's new jail.