How Architects Make the Case for Bigger Jails — and Get Paid to Build Them
So-called justice architecture firms produce studies that argue for expanding U.S. jails. Often they also win the contracts to build them.
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So-called justice architecture firms produce studies that argue for expanding U.S. jails. Often they also win the contracts to build them.
Extended stays in solitary confinement may cause neurons in the brain to shrink by 20 percent, according to new research. (f8grapher/Bigstock) By Jean Casella / Solitary Watch It’s Christmastime once again in Incarceration Nation. Amid the celebrations, fears, and hopes the season brings this year, it is worth stopping for a moment to remember certain things about the two figures who dominate this holiday. As the year ends with some 2,300 Americans sitting on death row awaiting their fates,
Inside San Quentin, residents are drawing mainstream audiences and shifting narratives about life behind bars
The United States locks people in isolation even though it causes severe psychological damage that can last a lifetime.
The Rhode Island State Prison opened in 1838 where the Providence Place mall stands today. It was originally designed to hold each prisoner separate and For decades, science has shown that solitary confinement does not reduce violence among incarcerated people. Why is it still used in Rhode Island's prisons?