Designing for Healing in Correctional Environments
Historically, correctional facilities were cold, institutional and not places that promoted healing.
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Chicago Beyond’s National Justice Strategy Lab Tackles Correctional Safety Challenges
Approximately 50 attendees representing correctional systems, community organizations and people formerly incarcerated participated in Chicago Beyond’s National Justice Strategy Lab, held Sept. 23–24 in Chicago. | Photo Credit (all): Chicago…
From Access to Progress: How Purpose-Built Technology Supports Education and Rehabilitation in Corrections
A correctional agency can deploy thousands of tablets and still lack a measurable rehabilitation strategy.
Modular Healthcare, Correctional Focus: A Potential Response to Increasingly Complex Healthcare Demands
A pressing question for correctional agencies is how to deliver environments that accommodate changing clinical needs while remaining practical to build, maintain and operate over the long term.
Beyond Accommodation: Designing for Capability in Trauma-Informed and Neurodiverse Correctional Environments
For decades, correctional design has evolved beyond simply containing incarcerated populations.
Where Public Health Meets Public Safety: What Healthcare Design Can Teach Us About Modern Justice Facilities
For decades, justice facility planning centered on security, operational efficiency and durability.
Time for Alternative Correctional Healthcare?
Just as prison and jail populations seemed to be on the decline, many jurisdictions are experiencing an uptick in the average daily population.
Progress Shaped by Perspective: Randall Liberty Reflects on a Career of Correctional Change
Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Randall Liberty’s connection to corrections began decades before he ever expected to lead the state’s system.
Georgia DOC Expands Contraband Interdiction Strategy Through Advanced Wireless Security Technology
Correctional agencies across the country are facing one of the most persistent threats in modern corrections: contraband cell phones and unauthorized wireless communications.
From Detention Centers to Juvenile Justice Campuses, BELL Construction Prioritizes Communication, Flexibility and Operational Outcomes
The most successful justice projects rarely follow a straight line.