The Kansas City Council moved forward with a plan to build a modular jail with about 100 beds. Officials say the temporary facility is necessary, as plans to build a permanent municipal jail will take years.

The Kansas City Council has approved $22 million to fund a new, temporary jail facility, likely to be located in the East Bottoms.

The approval on Thursday was the latest step in the city’s long and winding process to build some kind of detention center ahead of the World Cup , beginning next June, when thousands of soccer fans are expected to visit Kansas City.

It was a vote some council members took reluctantly, as they didn’t want to be seen supporting more incarceration. But the city’s need for a place to put municipal inmates is dire.

“I think this is a first step,” said 1

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