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Anstalten by Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Nuuk, Greenland

Clifford A. Pearson

July 8, 2021

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A correctional facility in Greenland takes a gentle approach to incarceration while engaging the rugged landscape.

AIA Changes Ethics Rules to Bar Design of Chambers for Execution, Torture, and Solitary Confinement

Cathleen McGuigan

December 11, 2020

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Jane Frederick, the organization’s 2020 president, announced today that the group will bar its architect members from undertaking such work. Read the full release.

Commentary: Decarceration and Designing to Divest

Garrett Jacobs

Deanna Van Buren

October 5, 2020

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How do architects, designers, and planners help divest from systems of oppression and instead invest in the communities and people most negatively affected, ask Deanna Van Buren and Garrett Jacobs of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.

Architecture and Prison Reform

Jerry Adler

March 4, 2019

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Can architects make a difference in transforming our criminal justice system?

Vera Institute for Justice and MASS Design Group Reimagine Prisons

Alex Klimoski

March 4, 2019

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A nonprofit national research and policy organization and a Boston-based firm work together to envision what future prisons can look like.

Crime and Punishment

Can architecture make a difference in prison reform?

Cathleen McGuigan

March 4, 2019

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This month's issue examines civic buildings while also looking at where prisons fit in the context of architecture.

New Report from Van Alen Institute Proposes Design Alternatives to Rikers Island

Anna Fixsen

July 13, 2017

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Developed by the Van Alen Institute, Melissa Mark-Viverito, the NYC Criminal Justice Task Force, and others, Justice In Design offers a framework for more efficient, supportive, and humane city jails.

How Isamu Noguchi Tried to Change a Japanese Prison Camp

Anna Fixsen

January 24, 2017

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A new exhibition explores the influence of the designer’s choice to enter Poston War Relocation Center in the Arizona desert.

Exhibition Review: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Sarah Amelar

October 20, 2014

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Playful yet menacing, the fangs of a grinning dragon greet you as you enter @Large, dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s extensive installation at Alcatraz, the notorious former prison in San Francisco Bay.