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We aim to raise awareness, build power, and create change around issues of incarceration and policing in Kansas City.

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Join us TODAY for a nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom in solidarity with Minnesotans as they launch a general strike! From MN to MO, working people are fighting back to demand masked ICE thugs leave our cities and businesses cut ALL ties with ICE 🧊❌!
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A @KansasCity committee passed an ordinance dealing with the construction of a modular jail Tuesday. It will be voted on by the full body Thursday. Read what @DecarcerateKC told @fox4kc about the issue. @MidtownKCNow supported it. fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-…
Kansas City hopeful temporary jail opens before World Cup

Kansas City hopeful temporary jail opens before World Cup

The modular or temporary jail would have about 100 beds and go up in Kansas City’s tow lot off of Front Street, costing about $20 million

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Against my and hundreds of community members' voiced objections. Today Council passed a loitering ordinance directly aimed at our homeless neighbors.🧵
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“The Missouri Legislature just destroyed what I’ve spent a decade of my life fighting for, what 1.6 million people voted into law in November, and what already went into effect at the beginning of the month." Fran Marion, a @StandUp_KC leader and @Wendys worker
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Missouri Workers Center (Bsky: @moworkers.org) (@moworkerscenter) profile pictureMissouri Workers Center (Bsky: @moworkers.org)@moworkerscenter15 May 2025
💥BREAKING💥 Hundreds of low-wage #MOworkers are rallying on the steps of the Capitol with @MOJwJ, @AbortionAction, and community allies with labor, faith, civil rights, and reproductive freedom orgs!
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Big win in Kansas City last night. Brittany Foley — a 29-year-old working class Black mom who raised only $1800 — just defeated millionaire donors & developers. She campaigned for green schools and against policies that would give school district funding to cops and jails.
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Kansas City has an opportunity to send a clear message today and demand better investment for our kids and our communities. Say it loud and say yes to our kids ✅ and no to the jail tax ❌.
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Jaz Hays@JazHays6 Apr 2025
These numbers line up much closer to the figures that @DecarcerateKC and I calculated. I appreciate the Mayor's admission that the City has been inflating the number of people in KCMO's jail system for Assault and Domestic Assault charges.
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Jaz Hays@JazHays5 Apr 2025
KCMO: Vote NO on Question 1 on Tuesday!
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BlaqOut@blaqoutkc1 Apr 2025
It’s time to rethink the narrative! 🤔 BlaqOut’s Devin Hursey drops a compelling op-ed on why more jails don’t mean more safety for the Black LGBTQ+ community. Read it here: mailchi.mp/blaqout/psst Visit @DecarcerateKC to stay informed as you head to the polls on August 8! 🗳️
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The Kansas City Star@KCStar1 Apr 2025
Kansas City deserves better than the status quo: Why I’m voting no on the jail tax | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/reade…
Kansas City deserves better than the status quo: Why I’m voting no on the jail tax | Opinion

Kansas City deserves better than the status quo: Why I’m voting no on the jail tax | Opinion

Councilman Johnathan Duncan knows firsthand that a new city jail wouldn’t fix our problems — it would only centralize them. | Opinion

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If jail is the last resort, why are we asking taxpayers to fund it first? Read why I’m voting no on the jail tax in the @kansascitystar here: kansascity.com/opinion/reade…
Kansas City deserves better than the status quo: Why I’m voting no on the jail tax | Opinion

Kansas City deserves better than the status quo: Why I’m voting no on the jail tax | Opinion

Councilman Johnathan Duncan knows firsthand that a new city jail wouldn’t fix our problems — it would only centralize them. | Opinion

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Jaz Hays@JazHays29 Mar 2025
Here's a breakdown of who is in jail today. It shows the contrast between assault *charges* vs *people with assault charges*. You can get a number pretty close to the Mayor's screenshot if you're crafty with wording.
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Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) profile pictureMayor Q@QuintonLucasKC28 Mar 2025
I count half, not 34%, but doesn’t really matter. I’m not pro shipping our local folks all around Missouri to sheriffs with diff standards. Nor am I pro writing tickets and allowing abusers—no matter the number—to be issued a ticket and returned home right after arrest.
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47 assault charges is not the same as 47 unique individuals incarcerated for assault.
Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) profile pictureMayor Q@QuintonLucasKC28 Mar 2025
I count half, not 34%, but doesn’t really matter. I’m not pro shipping our local folks all around Missouri to sheriffs with diff standards. Nor am I pro writing tickets and allowing abusers—no matter the number—to be issued a ticket and returned home right after arrest.
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Jaz Hays@JazHays27 Mar 2025
This is what KCMO is actually jailing people for in 2025. This is important information for the upcoming election on April 8th to pay for a new City jail. I worked on collecting and processing this data, so if you have any questions about this data, feel free to ask!
Decarcerate KC (@DecarcerateKC) profile pictureDecarcerate KC@DecarcerateKC27 Mar 2025
Replying to @DecarcerateKC
In KCMO municipal jail, assault only accounts for about 34% of *total* relevant charges that result in jail time daily. Trespassing, on the other hand, accounts for 66%.
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Jaz Hays@JazHays27 Mar 2025
Is the City being honest about what they're currently jailing people for? Or do they not know? Either way, you should definitely vote NO!
Decarcerate KC (@DecarcerateKC) profile pictureDecarcerate KC@DecarcerateKC27 Mar 2025
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Contrary to Rea and Lucas's claims, data shows that, on an average day in the municipal jail, only about 35-40% of those detained have been charged or sentenced for any type of assault.
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No excuse early voting starts tomorrow! Here's why I'll be voting NO on the jail tax and YES on the school bond.
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BlaqOut@blaqoutkc21 Mar 2025
More jails don’t equal more safety! 🚫 BlaqOut stands with @DecarcerateKC and over 20 local orgs in opposing the use of KC's public safety tax to fund a new detention center. Building more jails only expands a system that has historically harmed our communities.
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Kansas City voters will decide in less than a month whether a quarter cent public safety sales tax should be renewed. trib.al/Cg78go6

Debate held on KC’s public safety tax jail proposal

Kansas City voters will decide in less than a month whether a quarter cent public safety sales tax should be renewed.

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.@KansasCity plans to ask for a continuation of public safety sales tax dollars to pay for a new jail next to the new @JacksonCountyMO Jail. As @fox4kc found out Thursday, that vote of the people could take place in April. @DecarcerateKC’s opposed. fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-…

Kansas City, Missouri plans on an April vote for new jail

The city plans on using the one-quarter cent or two-eighths of a cent public safety sales tax that shoppers in the city already pay for to help build this. Councilman Crispin Rea says that the tax …

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Kansas City does not need a new jail – especially one that costs $800 MILLION. That's a lot of money that could be spent on healthcare, education, housing, & other community-based investments that actually make places safer. via @KCDefender kansascitydefender.com/justi…

KC’s Latest Attempt to Build An $800 Million Human Caging Facility Must Be Stopped

As Kansas City Public Schools crumble under decades of neglect and chronic underfunding, the City Council has quietly moved forward with a plan to build an $800 million jail.

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