Designing for Healing in Correctional Environments
Historically, correctional facilities were cold, institutional and not places that promoted healing.
Historically, correctional facilities were cold, institutional and not places that promoted healing.
For decades, justice facility planning centered on security, operational efficiency and durability.
HDR has named Dr. Samantha “Sam” Morin the firm’s Senior Clinical Planner, Correctional Health.
Once a correctional healthcare capital project is approved and eventually funded, it is essential to make sure that the project gets off to a positive and productive start.
For the community of Murphy, N.C., and the staff at the Cherokee County Justice Center, the new jail and sheriffs’ office could not have come too soon. Completed in 2008, the $7 million justice center includes a 150-bed jail and sheriffs’ office.