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Progressive Prisons

Developments in incarceration help to enhance rehabilitation

Implications - Some argue that the punitive process involved in today's imprisonment often inhibits inmates' personal growth and rehabilitation, forcing them into an environment where they are treated poorly and receive inadequate guidance and treatment. To combat this, some prisons are introducing new processes and concepts -- whether it pertains to the prison's environment, disciplinary processes or new opportunities for inmates to learn and apply new skills -- to improve a prisoner's lifestyle and help them become members of society once again.
Trend Themes
1. Innovative Prisoner Rehabilitation - With a focus on improving the lives of inmates, prisons are introducing new processes and concepts to enhance the prisoner's lifestyle to help them become members of society once again.
2. Futuristic Prison Design - Architectural design concepts are revolutionizing the correctional facilities to leave a positive impression and eventually challenge the old-school perspective of prisons.
3. Prison Automation - The implementation of automation technology in correctional facilities is providing a secure and efficient way to monitor and analyze inmate behavior while increasing communication channels and awareness among them.
Industry Implications
1. Architecture and Construction - The architecture industry can take inspiration from the innovative and futuristic prison design concepts to create modern spaces that leave a positive impression on visitors.
2. Robotics and Automation - The use of robotic prison guards provides an opportunity for the automation industry to establish a niche in the correctional facilities while enhancing security, monitoring, and communication processes.
3. Fashion and Apparel - The production of eco-friendly prison clothing items created by convicts provides a platform for fashion and apparel entrepreneurs to create sustainable fashion lines while promoting social change.
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Featured Examples

Rainbow Prison Corridors
Rainbow Prison Corridors
This Markus Linnenbrink Commission is Unconventional
Artist Markus Linnenbrink was recently commissioned to ply his trade at the Justiz Vollzugs Anstalt prison near Düsseldorf, Germany. Linnenbrink's radiant, dripping painting scheme is about the last thing… MORE
play_circle_filledDancing Inmate Musicals
Dancing Inmate Musicals
Prison Dancer is an Interactive Web Production Inspired by Cebu Convicts
Back in 2007, Filipino convicts won over the world with their viral dance videos and the Prison Dancer musical intends to take their fan base to a whole new level. Inspired by the Dancing Inmates of Cebu,… MORE
Mod Converted Prisons
Mod Converted Prisons
Cultural Civic Center by Exit Architects Transforms Jail into a Haven
EXIT Architects converted an old 19th century prison in Palencia, Spain, into a community haven called ‘Cultual Civic Center.’ A once dark and gloomy brick jail house is now a futuristic... MORE
Convict-Constructed Clothing
Convict-Constructed Clothing
Heavy Eco is a Line of Green Garments Designed by Prisoners
It seems that everyone is going green nowadays, even badass Eastern European criminals as seen in the Heavy Eco clothing line -- I bet you didn't see that coming. Heavy Eco is apparantely taking dead… MORE
Sleek Sci-Fi Prisons
Sleek Sci-Fi Prisons
The 499.summit Concept by Greg Knobloch and Andreas Tjeldflaat is Futuristic
The 499.summit concept is the work of design duo Greg Knobloch and Andreas Tjeldflaat. Made up of three intersecting towers, this conceptual proposal for a New Jersey prison is reminiscent of... MORE
Robotic Penitentiary Patrols
Robotic Penitentiary Patrols
South Korean Jail Running Trials on Use of Robot Prison Guards
It may not be long before penal institutions use robot prison guards as security personnel. Apparently a jail in Pohang, South Korea, will start trials in March 2012 that involve the use of prison bots… MORE

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