Dozens of GCC leaders were part of a crowd of 75 people that attended last night’s County Council meeting to call on County Executive Ronayne and Council members to rethink prioritizing a new jail over other public services.

Rev. Jawanza Colvin, Rev. James Cruz, Pat Dillard and Louise McKinney presented GCC’s case for building a new system of criminal justice, particularly providing pretrial services that keep people out of jail who have been arrested, but not convicted of a crime, and are not a danger to public safety.