Activists oppose new Spokane County Jail

Nearly 1,000 people, mostly members of local activist groups and Unitarian Universalist churches, gathered in Riverfront Park on Thursday to oppose any effort to build a new jail in Spokane County.

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Thu., June 20, 2019

A crowd marches from the Spokane Convention Center through Riverfront Park to a rally opposing jail expansion on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Jeremiah Miller, 39, leads a crowd marching through Riverfront Park to a rally opposing jail expansion on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Levi Draheim, 11, of Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., chants “No new jail!” along with a crowd in Riverfront Park on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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The Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, leads chants in Riverfront Park after delivering a speech opposing jail expansion on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Demonstrators gather in Riverfront Park to rally against building new jails on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Hundreds of people gather in Riverfront Park for a rally against building new jails on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Demonstrators line Spokane Fall Boulevard at Riverfront Park to get out their message of “no new jails” during a rally on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Hundreds of people gather in Riverfront Park for a rally against building new jails on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Dalila Sankaran, of Newbury Park, California, joins a rally in Riverfront Park to oppose jail expansion on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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Jeremiah Miller, 39, leads a crowd marching through Riverfront Park to a rally opposing jail expansion on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

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