The Multnomah County Justice Center, or simply Justice Center, is a building located at 1120 Southwest 3rd Avenue in

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, United States. The building was designed by

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. It is adjacent to Lownsdale Square in

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. The building houses

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's (PPB) Central Precinct on the bottom floors, followed by the

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Detention Center (one of the two

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s) and PPB's headquarters on the top floors. It also contains four court rooms of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, used mainly for

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s. It was partially built with highway funds when Rocky Butte Jail was demolished to make way for

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History

Many of the George Floyd and police brutality protests in Portland were centered near the building.

References

External links

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