CCJDC (cuyahoga county juvenile detention center) is a jail for youths located in cuyahoga county. The detention center is the oldest detention center for youths in the united states. It is currently on the corner of east 22nd and central ave. in downtown cleveland but a new detention center is being constructed and planed for the fall of 2010. the jail holds all types of offenders mainly kids with felonies such as aggravated robberys and/or possesion of guns, very few are in on P.V.'s (probation violation) or drug possesions, they tend to only take more high class offenders (people with felonies) due to its poor enviornment circumstances and racial discrimination juviniles recive from staff. It is a highly secured jail and is in poor quality. Four youths to a toilet and Three to a shower at a single time. Over the past years there have been complaints of staff beating juviniles. It consists of three levels 2 units (cell block) per each level. 1a (orientation), 1b (girls), 2a, 2b, 3a and 3b. The building has metal cells with glass windows and inmates sleep on cots with a 3ich mattres. Inmates where blue jumpsuits, grey socks, white boxers, colored t-shirt depending on the unit, alternate between orange sandels and black tennis shoe and are aloud to a sweatshirt. Some juveniles get the oppertunity to stay at a shelter care such as parmadale or carrington or get to do their jail time on house arrest. This is not O.D.Y.S., the youth inmates are only held until their court dates when there fate is decided, they cannot serve time their, though they will be credited for any time served before their trial.
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