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The Audio Long Read

‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

From razor-wire fences and crumbling cells to no windows and overcrowding, conditions in most jails mean rehabilitation is a nonstarter. Here’s how we can create better spaces for prisoners. By Yvonne Jewkes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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Places to heal, not to harm.

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Why Brutal Prison Design kills off hope, by Von Dukes.

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Arriving at a prison, any prison, still makes my heart race a little faster.

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I have been to more than 100 prisons for my research into how architecture and design can assist in rehabilitating offenders.

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But my first visit, after 18 months of lockdown, to a prison deep in one of England's most rural

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