NCJ Number
110579
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 50 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1988), Feature Articles Pages: 16-214
Editor(s)
D Clark
Date Published
1988
Length
199 pages
Annotation
Twenty-three articles discuss various aspects of building correctional facilities speedily and efficiently without sacrificing quality, so as to help relieve prison overcrowding rapidly and without excessive costs.
Abstract
After an article emphasizing the importance of finding design and construction techniques that will speed the building of jail facilities to relieve overcrowding, an article suggests architectural responses for addressing the crowding problem. A number of articles suggest various management and design techniques that can speed prison and jail construction, among them being modular construction and project/construction management. Two articles focus on the roles of the construction manager and the architect, and another article considers the particulars of cost-effective juvenile facility design. Specific design and construction issues considered are selection of the right building materials; planning for a quiet prison; effective design for heating, cooling, and smoke evacuation; perimeter security; and integrated electronic systems. Other issues examined are vulnerability analysis, community opposition to prisons, a global view of prison and jail crowding, and postoccupancy evaluation.