RT Article
T1 Just design: healthy prisons and the architecture of hope
JF The Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
VO 51
IS 3
SP 319
OP 338
A1 Jewkes, Yvonne 1966-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1737596911
AB This article develops the notion that institutional places and spaces are layered with meaning and that their architecture and design have a profound psychological and physiological influence on those who live and work within them. Mindful of the intrinsic link between ‘beauty’ and ‘being just’, the article explores the potential ‘healing’ or rehabilitative role of penal aesthetics. As many countries modernise their prison estates, replacing older facilities that are no longer fit-for-purpose with new, more ‘efficient’ establishments, this article discusses examples of international best (and less good) practice in penal and hospital settings. It reflects on what those who commission and design new prisons might learn from pioneering design initiatives in healthcare environments and asks whether the philosophies underpinning the ‘architecture of hope’ that Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres exemplify could be incorporated into prisons of the future. The article was originally presented as a public lecture in the annual John V Barry memorial lecture series at the University of Melbourne on 24 November 2016.
K1 Prisons
K1 Architecture
K1 Design
K1 Economy
K1 Maggie's Centres
DO 10.1177/0004865818766768