Criminal justice center

The Office of Criminal Justice (OCJ) advances the Kenney administration’s goals of public safety and community well-being by reforming Philadelphia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems.
We advance collaborative and data-driven strategies that:

Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S.
Foltz, the first female lawyer on the west coast of the United States (and also the first person to propose the creation of a public defender 's office).

The CCJ is a seventeen-story, steel-framed building that was completed in 1994 in order to alleviate pressure from courtrooms located in Philadelphia City Hall.
The center is located at 1301 Filbert Street.
In May 2012, the Criminal Justice Center was renamed in honor of the late Justice Juanita Kidd Stout.

In May 2012, the Criminal Justice Center was renamed in honor of the late Justice Juanita Kidd Stout. Philadelphia City Hall (the main civil courthouse of the First Judicial District) .