It might not seem like an architect’s area of expertise to reform inhumane prison conditions. But like attorneys, journalists and doctors, architects have a code of professional ethics. They’re required to “uphold human rights in all of their professional endeavors.”
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.
— thestory.org
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I find the first line of this article a little strange. Given that architects were central in developing the current system, why would we not expect architects to help reform it?
There is no such thing as an "inhumane prison".
"Cells don't have windows". Lol. Ugh yeah it's a prison. Friggin architects make me laugh.
Prisons are correctional and rehab centers, not architectural torture devices. Lol, silly architects.
Pick up a book. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society
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