The design of prisons is important for the rehabilitation of inmates as well as for security reasons. The 24 prisons and detention centres in Austria have very different structural and technical designs. Due to the structural heterogeneity, organisational structures and processes vary and manifest themselves in different prison conditions. It is therefore difficult to implement the necessary uniform modernisation measures and standards that meet the needs of all users.
As almost every prisoner is released at the end, it is worth thinking about design concepts to improve rehabilitation. Promising experiences from the Norwegian and European prison systems with regard to the design of prisons and rehabilitation concepts can help to improve national standards to reduce the recidivism rate here too.​​​​​​​
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Program
- Resocialization through normality: Dynamic security and architectural strategy – Halden Prison vs. Prison Concept M2015 (Jan-Erik Sandlie)
- Design for Rehabilitation (Tony McDonnell)
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 6 pm
FH Campus Wien
Favoritenstraße 232
Room H.-1.02
1100 Vienna
