Juvenile Justice

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Juvenile Justice

Court Observation Paper

The place, Lincoln Hall of Juvenile Justice located at 1025 E. Forest. February 5, 2003. It is 10:00 in the morning, the immediate are is both commercial and residential. Located behind the city morgue and across the street from some subsidized housing complexes, Lincoln Hall is surrounded by the Wayne State University Campus and by the Detroit Medical Center. The Department of Transportation is around the corner and located on one side of the building is the freeway on the other side is the Juvenile Detention Facility.
I parked right in front of the building but waiting and finding a parking space took a couple of runs around the block. Like most court buildings there is really no designated area to park, which makes it even harder to find adequate parking. Now you have to run the risk of parking in a possible tow away zone and risk getting a ticket. Despite the unpleasantness of the parking the building was very easy to locate.
Being in the presence of the courtroom did not make me feel any more or less safe, than I would in any other Detroit Neighborhood. There were metal detectors and security guards in their places as you walked in the doorway that you have to pass through. I was forced to take my belt off and put it back in my car because it had too much metal in it. The security guards, if you ask me, were a little too relaxed. They were joking around and not really paying attention. Don’t get me wrong as a security guard you must find something to help pass the time but it should not be done at the security expenses of other people.
Lincoln Hall consists of two buildings not including the detention facility, one marked A the other marked B. Building A has three floors with many windows and was built in 1979. There are two floors in Building A that connects to Building B. Building B appeared to be a lot older than building A. Building B consists of 5 floors and has a...