Multiple prominent voices in the community spoke out outside of City Hall on Thursday to demand that historically black neighborhoods remain off-limits for Jacksonville’s new jail.
On the steps of City Hall were Councilman Jimmy Peluso of District 4, Congressional Candidate LaShonda Holloway, Pastor Dr. RL Gundy, local activists Bobbie O’ Connor, Wells Todd, and Lydia Bell, and other community members.
Together, they argue that placing the jail in one of these red-lined neighborhoods would perpetuate the idea that institutionalized racism still exists in these areas…