A protest over the conditions inside the DeKalb County Jail led to arrest after demonstrators refused to stop blocking traffic.

The protest outside the DeKalb County jail has turned violent with arrests pic.twitter.com/YxIDWhio94

— Tia Mitchell (@TIAreports) May 15, 2019

The organizing group for the protest, Atlanta Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, has claimed the jail's conditions are unsanitary and unsafe.

"There are allegations ranging from mold to malnutrition to abuse by guards to being put in solitary confinement for no reason and medical neglect,” said Meg Dudukovich of AIWOC to Fox5 Atlanta. "It's been happening for a long time. And I think it's time someone does something about it."

Though DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann denies the allegations that facilities are unsafe in any way, he does admit, in an interview with Fox5, that mold is a problem on the premises that is being worked on.

"It's totally without credibility," Mann said. "It is proven by the fact we are one of the well-renowned, safest and most accredited correctional facilities in the country."

Inmates within the prison, however, have released pictures and a video on a jail-issued tablet pleading for support from the public.

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????????REPOST ???????????? Inmates in Dekalb County Jail is actually DYING and being subjected to unhealthy conditions; breathing and sleeping with mold, having skin break outs, being assaulted by correctional officers in areas of the jail where there are no cameras etc. STAND FOR THESE YOUNG MEN! They are caged away with no voice! No matter what they are incarcerated for, they do not deserve to live in such treacherous conditions! Most of them are there awaiting trials or traffic tickets…They are innocent until PROVEN guilty. But judge ye not! REPOST AND SHARE! Let our voices be heard for them to get attention of officials who can have this facility investigated and fix the conditions. #Justiceforinmates #DekalbCountyJail @yandysmith @troubleman31 @louisfarrakhan @ajcnews @yada_awakening @so_on_point_ @she_royal_rebel #explorepage #viral

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On God da meals better in #Dekalbcountyjail ???? Yall can keep all dat Shit me n @hoodrixhhunxho need you lort!

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Atlanta Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee has announced plans for a second protest Thursday.

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