Every Wednesday at 8 a.m. at a lime green building in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, around fifty to sixty people line up outside while police cars block off the street at either end.
Out front, a bus with showers and laundry services and a mobile doctor’s office provided by Baptist Health idle noisily as a barber sets up shop to offer free haircuts. This is Broward County’s most unique courtroom: Fort Lauderdale Community Court.
The court began in 2019, a joint venture between the City of Fort Lauderdale and the 17th Judicial Circuit…