My Prison

Every prison has four major purposes retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation. I think that my prison embodies all of these better than most. When creating my prison I heavily focused on the rehabilitation flaws that most prisons have. The U.S. has close to a 75% reincarceration rate. I designed a prison that I think will lower this and change the way we think of prisons. What makes my prison different is the setup and goal. My prison is a combination of a minimum and medium security prison. Made to be built in a city, it’s two skyscrapers that connect through bridges. The layout of the prison is that all housing is kept on the left building, while recreation, kitchens, counseling and all other non housing features are …show more content…
No matter what the offense every prisoner would have to start off in isolation before they go to their appropriate security level housing, the time there in isolation depends on their crime and how they act while in isolation. For example a bank robber would have to spend more time in isolation than some who was arrested for drug possession. The idea behind this is that I show the prisoner the worst the prison has to offer that way when i then put him in a different security level he realizes that he has something to lose. Prisoners that break prison rules are also put into isolation for a certain amount of time before they are sent back to their original housing level or placed in a new one. Isolation is also for the inmates that have proven that they are a liability to themselves and others. These cells are see through unbreakable glass, they line the perimeter of a room and have a guard station in the middle, and have guards patrolling and looking into the cells in timed cycles. The privileges that an isolated inmate gets is very limited. 1 hour of recreation alone in a small room with limited supplies. Isolated prisoners do have counselling every three days to try to help the …show more content…
Each cells hold 2 prisoners and there are more cells per pod. The pods are still heavily monitored but they are let out once throughout the day for 45 minutes to talk and socialize with the people in their pod on top of meal time. They also have 1 hour of recreation time every day to work out or play basketball with each other. These prisoners also get in class taught skills once a week rather than counseling. The skills they learn are anything from plumbing to electrical work that they can use to get a job after they leave prison. Level 3 prisoners still need to be closely monitored but there crime or their time at the prison has shown that they can handle a bigger cell of