Having recently retired, below she reflects on her work. Isabel Hight has spent over 35 years advising on prison development and management in East Timor, Liberia, Sudan, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Congo for organisations like the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Wearing their distinctive pink uniforms, people suspected of involvement in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide line up before re-entering Kigali’s central prison from a day at work in the fields next to the prison. So what makes a good prison, and why is it is so important to get the design right? But also key is the design and construction of the buildings where prisoners will spend their time: the prison itself. There are many issues of concern when working with prison populations such as access to legal services, prevention of torture and justice system efficiency. In developing countries, they are typically crammed into buildings that are old and uncared for, neglect that leads to tragedies like the fire in 2012 that killed over 300 prisoners in Honduras. They are likely to be drawn disproportionately from the poorest and most marginalised groups in society, and in some places there are even children living in prisons with their parents (pdf) in their thousands. Around a third of prisoners globally haven’t even been found guilty – they are on pre-trial detention. These people are not necessarily hardened criminals.
The world’s prison population has gone up 10% since 2004, and in some countries, such as Indonesia, the increase has been as high as 183%. And then there are those that are a much harder sell sewers, for example, or prisons.īut the world’s prisons are home to an estimated 10 million people globally (pdf) and this number is rising.
Once they’ve all got a place to lay their weary heads the fun can really start.W hen it comes to infrastructure development in developing countries, there are projects that instantly appeal – like hospitals. As your workmen lay the last brick you don’t have a moment to let them rest as they need to get started on the first proper cell block so you can make room for the next prisoner intake. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your future prison on their yellow bus. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. Prison Architect is a game played by Markiplier.īuild and manage a Maximum Security Prison.
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