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Radial Design
Center point
Hubs jetting from the center.
Long rows of cells
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Courtyard style
• Built around
interior courtyard
Telephone Pole Design
• Telephone pole
design, which was
advocated by the
federal government,
is based on a long
hallway with living
or work quarters as
add-on module units
attached to the sides.
Campus Style
• Groups prisoners
to be separated
and managed
according to their
needs.
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Skyscraper design
• designed for little more than
warehousing offenders, although
some of the floors may contain
classrooms and/or work rooms.
• Exercise yards are usually located
on the roof.
• Most major cities (and the feds)
have what are called Metro
prisons of this type, and often
local jails are of this architectural
design, as are many private
prisons operated by corporations
who contract with the
government.
Modular design
• pod prison, direct
supervision jail, or new
generation design
• consists of living
quarters with tall
ceilings, mezzanine
balconies, sharp
architectural angles,
Plexiglas panels, and
hi-tech environmental
control equipment.
Prison Population Profile
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93% men
7% Women
<18 1%
18-24 – 19%
25-34 – 38% America spends
approximately 10
35-44 – 29%billion dollars a ye
on
45-54 – 10 %
the criminal justic
55- up – 3% system, up from 1
billion in 1972.
Prison Population Profile
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46% African American
33% White
18 % Hispanic
3% Other
Prison life Special Population
• HIV positive offenders
• Approximate 2.5% of prison
population are infected with
HIV.
• Prior drug use
• Sexual Assault
• Cost - Estimate $86,000 a year
per inmate for medical
expenses
Prison life Special Population
• Elderly Offenders
– By 2010 one in ten
prisoners will be over 50.
– Usually violent offenders
– Health care cost
– Special diets
– Are they danger to
society?
Prison Life Special Population
• Long term sentence offenders
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Long term cost
Long term health care
Over crowding
3 strikes and you’re out laws
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Prison Life Special Population
• Mentally Ill Prisoners
– 15% of prison population have mental health
problems
– Health care cost
– Dangerous?
– Low IQ = No Death Penalty
Prison Life Special Population
• Sex Offenders
• Child molesters, rapist
• Lowest on criminal social
structure.
• Usually kept away from
general population
Private prisons
• Wackenhut and Corrections Corporation of
America have 75 % of the business
• Over a Billion dollar business a year
• Nearly 270 faculties in the USA
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