Aims:
To promote humane and exemplary practices for the planning and design of new and renovation of existing prison environments.
Objectives:
- Assemble as many existing physical plant standards/guidelines that impact prison design as can be identified;
- Examine the “dozen” critical guidelines (e.g., space allocation per prisoner for sleeping) that every prison department should aim to achieve;
- Cross reference these critical guidelines with existing minimum standards;
- Identify how and where these guidelines could be included in the UN Minimum Rules;
- Assemble a catalogue of essential technology for consideration by:
- Developed nations;
- Developing nations, and;
- Post-conflict/disaster conditions.
- Begin the preparation of a basic design guidelines document with examples for 3 (a, b, and c) above.