It sounds odd to say, but it’s nonetheless true: we punish people with architecture. The building is the method. We put criminals in a locked room, inside a locked structure, and we leave them there for a specified period of time.
It sounds odd to say, but it’s nonetheless true: we punish people with architecture. The building is the method. We put criminals in a locked room, inside a locked structure, and we leave them there for a specified period of time.
It wasn’t always so. Prison is an invention, and a fairly recent one at that: it wasn’t until the 18th century that incarceration became our primary form of punishment. True, there have been dungeons and the like for quite some time, but they were generally for traitors and political enemies and, later, debtors.
Rethinking Prison Design via NYT Magazine
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lots of politicians making lots of money on privatized prisons... at least they could make them look decent. hell, i want to be incarcerated in that place!
It's a prison. It's supposed to be rehabilitative. This project is better than some people's housing situation.
how much does that hotel cost per night?
good points about however nice a prison may be, people still won't want to be there. still, the cabinetry is beautiful.
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