We want to provide decent, safe and secure accommodation that supports individuals in their rehabilitation. We want to reduce levels of violence and self-harm and develop the evidence on what structures and interventions can help improve outcomes for individuals in prison.
We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Prisons are experiencing numerous problems: rising numbers, 'new' populations requiring specialised care (e.g. elderly men, military veterans); an ageing and dilapidated estate that spatially exacerbates effects of overc...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bath
The project investigates the factors contributing to creating and maintaining a rehabilitative culture within prison and its impact on post-release outcomes.
Matter Architecture is leading a project to develop a set of design tools for improving rehabilitation through the architecture of prison environments. Together with Space Works we are connecting evidence from the field ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: MATTER ARCHITECTURE LTD
The project aims to develop design tools for improving rehabilitation through the architecture of prison environments, which is relevant to creating and maintaining a rehabilitative culture within prison.
This research investigates developments in the design of prisons, exploring the propositions that punishment is manifested architecturally, that 'good' prison design need not cost any more than 'bad' design, that archite...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Brighton
The project investigates the impact of prison architecture, design, and technology on prisoners' emotional and psychological reactions to incarceration, which partially addresses the question of creating and maintaining a rehabilitative culture within prison.