Glass panels have LCD laminate to allow the turning on of a privacy screen over the door and sleeping area.Toilet and wash basin unit with one secured access panel for maintenance.Toughened glass fronts giving protection for prisoners while they sleep and giving a feel of a lighter and less imposing structure.Use of sleeping area as a separate bunk system makes cell space efficient but while still giving prisoners suitable space for living.Cell is as simple as possible with many items moulded in using concrete, such as the chair and the bed.Every part of the cell is visible from the front for continuous or switch-on CCTV management for general control or suicide risk monitoring.Simple control panel if activated: Includes radio for head phones and lighting levels step based controls.Studies have shown that prisoners housed singly tended to fare better despite having the least space in square feet 25 and the cell design takes these findings onboard but aims to also maximise the space allowable by reducing wasted footprint.Ĭell design features & benefits: Prisoners are able to lock their door with a small lock themselves keeping out other prisoners and giving them some personal (‘safe’) space The cell maximises the use of moulded-in features reduces raw materials for the creation weapons or other devices. A reduction in corners means cleaning is easier and the general form makes it hard to hide anything. The angles of all components enable near total viewing from the front of the cell. The cell includes a large window, toilet, lighting, basin, chair and bed and provides the ability for a prisoner to manage their own day, lock their own cell and for the prison management to allow ‘upgrades’ to individual prisoners cells – through allowing more control over their environment and schedule. Prisoners can tag-in to their cells at certain times set for them – enabling them to conform with a system and show intent towards good behavior and to gain further flexibility over their schedule and control over their cell features. This prison cell design is based around an access tag system that enables prisoners to lock and unlock their own cell, this would of course be over-ridden by prison staff. The cell detailed here has focus to enable different prisoners to be able to have different schedules, to manage themselves while improving security and enabling more efficient prison management. Changes to the prison cell can enable significant changes to the prison systems.
The prison cell is central to the housing of an inmate and makes up the core of a prison’s architecture.