My classmates had a lecture on human response to institutional environment in this session. They created interesting game for us to play. They put some pictures of different spaces like colleges, prisons or hospitals and we were supposed to guess that each picture is college or prison or …... The shocking part was pictures of prisons. None of us could guess that pictures like this can be a prison.
Fig 1. Halden Fengel prison
The belief that prison is a place of rehabilitation is common nowadays. Hence, prison design also must develop this idea. In the past prisons where places for punishment. It is still the same in so many prisons.
Fig 2.
The fact is that all people born innocent in this world, but some become criminal or thief because of the situation that they have in their life. I believe that there is reason for everything that is happening in this world. Maybe if we were in their place we would become the same kind of person, criminal or thief. Hence, we must give prisoners as human being a second chance to rebuild their life.
Fig 3. Danish state prison
Prison can be a place to give them opportunity to discover their weaknesses and try to solve them. It could be a place to help them find their talent and built their confidence to be prepared for social life after prison.
Receiving sunlight, having place to do exercise, having access to internet, being able to improve their knowledge and skills all would be beneficial.
Furthermore I can say human friendly prison design can benefit staff of the prison too. They spend most of their time in building with no sunlight and awful design. Therefore, it can develop quality of life for both groups.
References
Fig 3. Retrieved from http://thegraffik.co.cc/halden-fengel-prison-rethinks-prison-design.htm
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