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Prisons as a good neighbor?
It seems that in our major cities everyone from developers to average neighbors would object to a new prison opening next door to their home. We all know that having a prison next door drives down...
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Nonviolence works - a Security Studies perspective
While many if not all ADPSR members support nonviolence as the “right” way to challenge injustice, the new book “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict” by Maria...
View ArticleWe are the Experts
Why is it that the U.S. is exporting our prison designs to Latin American countries, such as Colombia, Mexico, and now Haiti? To my amazement, the rationale has now shifted. In the drug war framework,...
View ArticleCommunity centers as antitdote to violence
ADPSR's Alternatives to Incarceration campaign has long advocated for the building of more community infrastructure -- as well as more deucational, cultural, and economic opoprtunity in general -- as...
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Envisioning a Healthy FREE LA a Success!
On March 30, ADPSR helped host and facilitate "Envisioning a Healthy FREE LA: Community Solutions Not Jail Expansion," a free community workshop in Los Angeles. The event was an opportunity for...
View Article99% Invisible / Life of the Law podcasts cover our story
I’m excited and honored to have two amazing podcasts working together to present a thoughtful investigation into the human rights questions ADPSR is raising with our AIA Ethics campaign. Their story,...
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CA Hunger Strike focuses attention on design of solitary confinement
This has been a big day (and week) for ADPSR in the media. The massive hunger strike in California prisons that began 12 days ago has finally brought mainstream media attention to the human rights...
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The view of the SHU
I just received this very special drawing from a family member of a man in California’s Pelican Bay State Prison “Security Housing Unit.” It’s of part of the prison that I have been trying to...
View ArticleMore media for Human Rights
The past few weeks ahve seen a great deal of interest in ADPSR's proposal to reform the AIA code of ethics. While journalists strive to be objective, I think you can often see a journalists personal...
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ADPSR Supports Equality for Women in AIA Awards
The ADPSR board of directors is in whole-hearted agreement with the authors of this petition. It is shocking that the over sixty years that AIA has been giving its Gold Medal award, they have not...
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A conversation with "justice architects" - part 2
Following the introduction, other participants shared their thoughts. This is my summary: At least one AIA national director is aware of this proposal and had contacted the AAJ Advisory Group for...
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A conversation with "justice architects" - part 1
At the recent conference of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice in Portland, OR, a week ago, about 20 AAJ members held an discussion on the topic of ethics, human rights, and justice design....
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ADPSR in the Statehouse!
ADPSR's work was discussed at the California legislature on 10/10/13. We are making an impact! You can see the entire hearing at this link - http://www.calchannel.com/recent-archive/ (see Joint...
View ArticleQ&A on Worker Safety
ADPSR recently received a question about worker safety from a member, and ADPSR Board Member Shawn Hesse responded in great detail. We thought it was worth sharing here:Q: What can architects do to...
View ArticleSend us your drawings of degrading places...
As part of ADPSR's campaign to ban the design of spaces intended to violate human rights, we thought that we should help to educate design professionals and the public about what those spaces are like....
View ArticlePrisons and Urbanism - the Social or the Individual?
The question about better prison design often takes two different forms: can a “better” prison design improve conditions for people in prison, or can it improve the US prison system? One way we see a...
View ArticleCrowdfunding for Human Rights
ADPSR launched our first crowdfunding campaign earlier this week to support our work on human rights and the AIA Code of Ethics. ADPSR does much of its operations on a volunteer basis, with members who...
View ArticleDetails on Human Rights
Earlier today, the ADPSR national board of directors sent a 15-page letter to AIA detailing our proposal to prohibit the design of execution chambers and spaces for prolonged solitary confinement....
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"Sentenced" Exhibition opens at UC Berkeley
After working for over a year soliciting and sourcing material, it's exciting to be able to announce that ADPSR's exhibit "Sentenced: Architecture and Human Rights" is open at the Wurster Gallery at...
View ArticlePetition Update: AIA Responds - Condones Torture and Killing
This post is a copy of the Jan 6th update to supporters of our petition to the AIA.Dear supporters,The American Institute of Architects has responded to our petition, rejecting our proposal to...
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