2024-11-14T15:33:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/88686773/adpsp-and-the-architecture-of-incarceration Nam Henderson 2013-12-12T18:09:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/g5/g5nicro8lf1hshrl.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"ADPSP is asking the AIA to change their Code of Ethics to prohibit the design of spaces intended for executions and prolonged solitary confinement, as in 'supermax' prisons. This comes from the AIA's current code, which calls on members to 'uphold human rights in all their professional endeavors'&mdash;but includes no enforceable rules to provide discipline" - Raphael Sperry</p></em><br /><br /><p> Martin C. Pedersen interviewed San Francisco-based architect Raphael Sperry, ADPSP's (Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility) to get an update on ADPSP's ongoing effort to encourage architects from entering into the business of designing spaces "f<em>or killing, torture, and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment</em>".</p> <p> h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/demilit/status/411006190777159681" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">demilit</a></p>