2024-05-03T19:40:32-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-10-21T13:05:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rx/rxjpp7rk67ja5va4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>this San Diego County jail, which houses everyone from petty criminals to accused murderers and was once known for its sickening decrepitude, is at the forefront of a new and, of course, controversial movement in prison design, one that manifests a counterintuitive idea: You could build a lockup so pleasant and thoughtfully devised that inmates would never come back. [...] Welcome to Las Colinas Women&rsquo;s Detention and Re-entry Facility.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on prison design from Archinect:</p><ul><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><li><a title="Prison design faces judgment" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/81071148/prison-design-faces-judgment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison design faces judgment</a></li></ul>