Archinect - News2024-12-23T21:31:40-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/126676802/from-a-clean-version-of-hell-to-blabaerskog
From a "clean version of hell" to blabaerskog Nam Henderson2015-05-03T23:01:00-04:00>2015-05-03T23:02:10-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/la/la613uw8bpsqm9rb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>On any given day, there are 80,000 U.S. prisoners in solitary confinement...has led some prisoners into a profound level of what might be called ‘ontological insecurity'</p></em><br /><br /><p>About a month ago the NYT published two pieces exploring two variants of the architecture of incarceration. The first essay, examined the stark conditions of United States’ only federal supermax facility. The second, explored <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/the-radical-humaneness-of-norways-halden-prison.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Radical Humaneness of Norway’s Halden Prison</a>, designed by <a href="http://www.ema.dk/halden_faengsel_oestfold_norge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erik Møller Arkitekter</a><strong>.</strong></p><p>Previously; <a 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> and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Standard on How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></p>