Archinect - News 2024-12-24T14:00:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140874308/raphael-sperry-president-of-architects-designers-planners-for-social-responsibility-on-the-hauntingly-real-computer-game-prison-architect Raphael Sperry, President of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility, on the "hauntingly real" computer game, "Prison Architect" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-11-11T12:45:00-05:00 >2015-11-16T00:14:11-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/14/143a872cd5bda83bd004f52154c523ae?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>space and building costs are just as much of guiding principles in designing real prisons as they are in Prison Architect. [...] "Prisoners themselves are generally not included in the conversation where the prison construction budget is allocated to different priorities, so their needs come last and cell size is generally set at the legal minimum," Sperry said. "The legal standard only bars 'cruel or unusual punishment'&mdash;a cell can be punitively small as long as it doesn't cross that limit."</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on the discussion around prison architecture:</p><ul><li><a title="How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates</a></li><li><a title="Architecture of correction: Rikers Island" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture of correction: Rikers Island</a></li><li><a title="The NYT on prison architecture and ethics" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a></li><li><a title="How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></li><li><a title="ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/88686773/adpsp-and-the-architecture-of-incarceration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/79933910/should-architects-design-for-solitary-confinement Should Architects Design for Solitary Confinement? Archinect 2013-08-20T20:22:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/pp/ppqd1tocsk02ubtd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A hunger strike in California state prisons calls for an end to indefinite solitary confinement in Security Housing Units, known as SHUs. Raphael Sperry has challenged fellow architects to ban the design of SHUs. Beverly Prior responds, reflecting on a career designing for incarceration. Joe Day sees societal values mirrored in the growth of both American prisons and museums.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Previously: <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/75897720/building-a-better-prison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building A Better Prison</a></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/75897720/building-a-better-prison Building A Better Prison Alexander Walter 2013-06-26T12:51:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s1/s1gqs8vmuio424u1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It might not seem like an architect&rsquo;s area of expertise to reform inhumane prison conditions. But like attorneys, journalists and doctors, architects have a code of professional ethics. They&rsquo;re required to &ldquo;uphold human rights in all of their professional endeavors.&rdquo; Architect Raphael Sperry says that prisons designed for prolonged solitary confinement violate the human rights of the inmates, and that he and other architects are ethically bound to do something about it.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Previously on Archinect:</p> <ul><li> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/47637474/design-against-prisons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design Against Prisons</a></li> <li> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/44621144/the-architecture-of-juvenile-detention-in-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Architecture of Juvenile Detention in America</a></li> <li> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/72818230/prison-architect-and-the-moral-dilemmas-of-a-prison-simulator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison Architect and the moral dilemmas of a prison simulator</a></li> </ul>