Podcast: Green Behind Bars
Gardening, in some form or another, has always been around in jails. After all, every prison has had to feed their inmates somehow, according to James Jiler, author of the book Doing Time in the Garden.
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PODCAST: Correctional Healthcare Architecture
HOK architect Gregory Cook has plenty of acronyms behind his name including AIA, LEED, and AP. But Cook recently added CCHP — Certified Correctional Health Professional — to his list of accreditations making him the first architect in the United States to earn a professional certificate in the field of correctional healthcare.We talk with Cook about the designation and about what he sees as the future of correctional healthcare architecture.
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PODCAST: The Gardens of Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island, a historic prison and tourist destination, has a secret past that dates back more than a hundred years. On today’s program we hear from Shelagh Fritz, project manager for the Gardens of Alcatraz — a joint project of the Garden Conservancy, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the National Park Service. The gardens were once tended to by convicts such as Elliott Michener, whose conviction for counterfeiting and ultimate escape from Leavenworth Pentitentiary landed him on the rock in 1941.
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