Prison design and the need for reform

Yvonne Jewkes ()
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Yvonne Jewkes: University of Kent

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 12, 846-848

Abstract: Our bloated prisons have become dangerous places with record levels of crowding, mental illness, drug abuse and self-harm. Should we be looking for a more humane and imaginative approach to designing prisons that seeks to rehabilitate rather than punitively punish?

Date: 2017
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