NCJ Number
138310
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 54 Issue: 5 Dated: (July 1992) Pages: 84-85
Date Published
1992
Length
2 pages
Annotation
Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) technology facilitates accurate and timely communication by allowing prison architects and engineers to clearly and quickly show their clients what new facilities will look like, inside and out, and helping to ensure successful project completion.
Abstract
Three specific applications of CADD have proven particularly useful. CADD makes it simple to demonstrate variations in design, saving time previously expended on drawing and changing building plans by hand. Changes to the original plans can be made directly on the computer. Second, CADD can be used to generate three-dimensional images, which more effectively enable prison administrators to conceptualize the project. Finally, CADD can change the scale of drawing so that the overall floor plan can be examined on a macro level while individual rooms and pieces of equipment can be looked at from a micro level. The CADD system was used to develop a security plan for the Los Angeles County Twin Towers Correction Facility, now under construction to be one of the largest detention facilities in the country.