From the Inside: Architecture's Impact on Criminal Justice Reform

Alternatives to Incarceration: Deflection & Diversion


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Jurisdictions around the country have been actively developing policies and practices to provide alternatives to traditional justice-involvement, particularly for those with mental health and substance use disorders. These pre-arrest and pretrial strategies, deflection and diversion, respectively, include a broad range of formal and informal approaches to keep individuals out of or remove individuals from the justice system. As these practices are rapidly gaining popularity, the new AIA-Academy of Architecture for Justice Deflection & Diversion Working Group is part of an effort by the AIA-AAJ Research & Technology Committee to catalog and analyze nationwide policy implementations toward the development of a clearinghouse of best practices in deflection and diversion across the United States and internationally.

Guests: Curtiss Pulitzer, AIA; Carol Lanham, AIA, Assoc. DBIA, CCM; Jeff Hyman, AIA

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From the Inside: Architecture's Impact on Criminal Justice ReformBy Erin Persky

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