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Vocal community activists rallied in front of the Justice Center Thursday afternoon, calling for immediate changes inside the Cuyahoga County Jail. They claim one year after the county council was informed about life-threatening conditions inside, little has been done to make the jail safer.

Dozens of demonstrators from more than a dozen community organizations participated in the protest on Lakeside Avenue downtown.

“County council should come see for themselves what it looks like, it feels, smells, tastes like in the jail, let them come spend one night there,” shouted one participant.

Last November, U.S. Marshals released a scathing report, detailing inhumane and unsafe conditions inside the Cuyahoga County jail. Two weeks ago, the ninth inmate in less than a year died while in county custody

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LOCAL NEWS: Community Activists Protest Conditions, Demand Change At Cuyahoga County Jail  was originally published on praisecleveland.com