What is Trespass?

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Libraries are essential, providing free access to vital resources, space for community connection, and valuable information. But, instead of always being a place of respite, Hennepin County Libraries (HCL) are evicting people from their libraries at an alarming rate—often for minor behavior, with BIPOC patrons trespassed at disproportionate rates and for longer, on average, than white patrons. Patrons are removed from one day up to one year by security or police under the threat of arrest and prosecution.