Pretrial Justice Team Pushes County Council to Fund Pretrial Services to Keep People out of Jail 

Dozens of GCC leaders were part of a crowd of 75 people that attended Tuesday June 20th 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.

Read more about the meeting here. 
(Article in cleveland.com by Kaitlin Durban: “That money is for the community and what the citizens want’: Residents reject cost, need for new Cuyahoga County jail” Published: Jun. 20, 2023, 8:23 p.m. Updated: Jun. 20, 2023, 8:30 p.m.”)

The Cuyahoga County jail currently sits in downtown Cleveland, but new legislation introduced to County Council on June 20, 2023, proposes moving it to Garfield Heights. (Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com)