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Expressed concern about placing a new county jail in redlined districts and urged the council to commit to avoiding those areas.

Voiced strong opposition to building a new jail in local neighborhoods, citing personal negative experiences within the correctional system.

Supported the resolution to keep the jail out of historically redlined areas, emphasizing the need for positive community investments for youth.

Criticized the council for potential redlining and demanded that the jail not be built on the north side.

Urged the council to ensure the new jail is not placed in a predominantly African American community.

Voiced frustration over industrial and carceral facilities being placed in minority neighborhoods.

Asked the council to pass the resolution protecting redlined areas from the new jail.

Supported the Peluso jail resolution and commended the restoration of the Jacob Jewelers clock.

Criticized the vague site selection process for the jail and opposed placing it in residential neighborhoods.

Expressed community opposition to the $1 billion jail proposal and its potential siting.

Discussed the history of redlining and urged the council to avoid further harm to the north side.

Criticized the historical roots of redlining and opposed building a billion-dollar jail in redlined areas.

Spoke on behalf of the Jacksonville Community Action Committee against building a jail on the north side.

Displayed historical redlining maps and urged council members to prohibit siting the jail in redlined areas.

Addressed historical context of inequality and urged the council to invest in redlined communities.

Suggested delaying the jail resolution until the formal study data is returned and questioned zoning changes.

Questioned the status of the jail feasibility study and suggested alternative sites like Regency Square Mall.

Expressed support for Resolution 2026-0356, arguing that historically redlined neighborhoods need protection and should not bear the burden of a new jail.

Criticized city leadership regarding neighborhood disinvestment and neighborhood boundaries, calling for focus on neighborhood stabilization.

Urged the committee to support Resolution 2026-0356, stating that placing a jail in a redlined community perpetuates racism and bigotry.

Asked the committee to support Resolution 2026-0356 as a symbolic, cost-free gesture toward historical justice.

Argued against concentrating institutional burdens and over-saturating historically marginalized communities with negative developments.

Urged passage of Resolution 2026-0356 to draw a line in the sand and show that redlined communities deserve protection from industrial burdens.

Expressed opposition to placing a jail on the Northside, stating it continues patterns of redlining and disinvestment.

Expressed strong opposition to building a new jail in historically redlined black neighborhoods, arguing it continues decades of systemic neglect and undervaluation of land.

Urged council members to practice equity rather than mere equality by keeping the new jail out of redlined communities, pointing out the lasting generational scars of mortgage discrimination.

Supported the anti-redlining jail resolution, questioning the effectiveness of massive centralized jails and arguing that systemic discrimination drains taxpayer resources.