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'A Model for Female Correctional Design'
Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2011-12-23 01:29
Article here. Excerpt:
'“It was a project with a lot devoted to developing the women’s facility using the latest for women prisoners,” said Bill Bashore, the command evaluator for the JRCFS and co-coordinator on the expansion project. “Historically, women’s facilities are built to men’s standards, then ‘painted pink.’ Women prisoners are defined a lot by the relationships they make in an institute, so we tried to design the facility to give them the ability to form relationships and interact with staff.”
To do that, several design elements were incorporated into the women’s housing unit that aren’t normally found in a men’s facility. The housing unit and dayroom, for instance, are rectangular (men’s units are triangular to allow for direct supervision by staff) and is divided into five smaller rooms by partial-height glazed walls as a way to facilitate the formation of relationships between the various subpopulations while still allowing for direct supervision.
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“[Female] offenders respond to the environment in different ways and are easier to manage if they have the ability to socialize and get away if they need to,” said Hartman. “It’s easier to manage a population and have a safer environment.”
Privacy was also a consideration in creating a normative environment, and privacy screens were installed in the showers and around cell toilets to shield women from view while still allowing correctional officers to keep an eye on them. “For males, privacy is not a big deal, but it is for women,” Bashore said.'
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Privacy not a big deal?
Umm, no. A kinder, gentler prison for women, with more privacy, but for men, the usual cement box.
"“The philosophy is that
"“The philosophy is that women have a better track record of getting their lives together, and [the Navy] wanted to support that,”"
So, when men have a better track record than women, that is deemed unacceptable, and women are supported. But when women have the better track record, they, once again, get supported. Ridiculous.
Dumb Philosophy!
"“The philosophy is that women have a better track record of getting their lives together, and [the Navy] wanted to support that,”"
Well, with the lighter sentence the pussy pass provides, all of the female-only resources in society, and the lack of stigmatization that comes with being a criminal when you're female, it's little wonder. Men are already treated like potential criminals without a criminal record, and are treated like monsters who don't deserve a second chance when they possess one.
This reminds me of something GirlWritesWhat said in one of her videos. It was something to the effect of no matter how badly girls fuck up, we as a society never let them hit rock bottom. This kid gloves prison for women is simply more proof of this.
BTW, I agree with Matt. Privacy is a huge deal. The idea that men don't care about privacy is a dated stereotype. I'm not even sure how anybody came up with such an absurd idea. I think every human being on earth values privacy, regardless of what set of reproductive organs they have. You would think that with the frequency of male-on-male prison rape, they'd be willing to afford male prisoners the same privacy for showering and using the toilet. Oh wait, I forgot. Men don't count.
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It Amazes Me
What amazes me about this is that there seems to have been no incident, lawsuit, prison riot, or the like that led to this change in design. Rather, they seem to have just thought "gee, how could we make the lives of female inmates better"? Do you suppose that they ever ask that question, with regard to men? Nope. For guys, it's the usual "you're in prison, it isn't SUPPOSED to be comfortable".
I also agree with the other comments, with regard to privacy. What guy wouldn't want to use the toilet without an audience? If this is no big deal to guys, why do the stalls in public men's rooms have walls? Heck, if we didn't care, they could save some money by not installing them.
One final thought, if it seems that "women have a better track record of getting their lives together", doesn't that argue for more emphasis on how to do things better in the men's prison? Seriously, things are already going well for the women, so they spend their time making them even better???
Like I said, it amazes me...
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