But reform efforts could also extend to changing the prison environment itself. A recent collaboration between correctional services in Pennsylvania and several Scandinavian countries presents an ...

Limerick prison resembles the best of Scandinavian corrections facilities, but the construction company behind it, PJ Hegarty working with architecture practice Henry J Lyons, has also taken design ...

The goals: make conditions in prison safer and better prepare incarcerated people to return to society. The project is inspired by Scandinavian prisons’ focus on rehabilitation. But there are ...

Last month, Pennsylvania corrections Secretary Laurel Harry announced that the state would expand its Scandinavian-inspired approach to three new facilities. The move came after a randomized study at ...

The Scandinavian method acknowledges that ... opened in 2010 with a design and a mantra: Prison should not be defined by the agony of discomfort and fear. The punishment for those incarcerated ...

California’s oldest and most infamous prison, San Quentin Rehabilitation ... The project draws inspiration from Scandinavian incarceration models that prioritize dignity, autonomy and reintegration.

The Scandinavian countries have recidivism rates that are a fraction of those in Pennsylvania’s prison system and the United States as a whole — about 65 percent after three years..

The approach is modeled on the Scandinavian prison system ... The Ph.D. thesis includes a co-design tool kit that other prisons worldwide can follow. Given the global prison population exceeds ...

Ongoing research by Jordan Hyatt, PhD, JD, an associate professor and director of the Center for Public Policy, testing a Scandinavian-inspired approach to incarceration to reduce recidivism rates in ...