After years of being called on to take an ethical stand against the design of incarceration spaces for execution, torture and solitary confinement, and refusing to do so, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2020 President Jane Frederick today announced the organization will now bar its architect members from undertaking such work. “AIA members are required to uphold the health, safety and welfare of the public,” said Frederick in a statement released by the AIA. “Spaces for execution, torture and prolonged solitary confinement contradict those values.” AIA is committed, she added, “to making a difference on this issue and upholding human rights for our society.”
The AIA had long rejected pressure from the Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) to adopt such a ban in its Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
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