August 2020 — Inmates inside the City Hall Jail look down on protesters outside who are playing music and asking for their release.

August 2020 — Protesters gather at the downtown jail seeking the release of protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening at a downtown Minneapolis march.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathering after about a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriffs Officer with a gas mask on outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters were gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Vandalism of the front doors of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriff's Officers guarding the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis. Protesters had gathered after a dozen protesters were arrested following a large march downtown in solidarity with Jacob Blake.

August 2020 — Hennepin County Sheriffs Officers holding cans of irritants inside the garage of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility, a downtown Minneapolis jail. Protesters were gathering demanding the release of other protesters who were arrested earlier in the evening after a protest through downtown in a Jacob Blake solidarity march.

August 2020 — Pizza delivered to protesters outside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis by “jail support” as they demand the release of protesters arrested earlier in the evening. Protesters had marched after Jacob Blake was shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

September 2020 — Barricades outside the Hennepin Count Public Safety Facility. The facility had been barricaded after protesters gathered asking for arrested protesters to be released.

June 2021 — The Hennepin County Public Safety Facility which houses the county jail in downtown Minneapolis. Security fencing around the facility was installed prior to the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

April 2023 — The Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in Downtown Minneapolis behind security fencing.

October 2023 — Crime victim and the families of held a rally at the gov center today. Sharing stories of frustration with the leniency and in some cases the lack of any charges by County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Across the street permanent fencing was being installed around the county jail.