Bradley County Incarcerated Resolutions led a rally Saturday afternoon to draw attention to conditions faced by individuals behind bars and to continue calls for jail reform.
The gathering at Mosby Park in Cleveland was part of a nationwide day of action connected by ringing bells at 4 p.m.
Tiffani Dailey, a founder of Bradley County Incarcerated Resolutions, said the bells were a symbol for people to wake up to the living conditions inside local jails and prisons. People need to know the ongoing issues faced by those in prison, she said.
“They have their own dignity,” Dailey said. “They shouldn’t be profiled as an inmate or profiled as a criminal.”
The group formed in June to begin advocating for better care for those inside the county detention center. Their work protesting in the center’s parking lot has received national and international attention, including gathering more than 206,000 signatures for an online petition requesting an investigation of conditions inside the jail such as the use of masks and the availability of cleaning supplies.