Reducing stress in jails

Source: "Ekistics", vol. 55, no. 331/332, July-October 1988, pp. 215-229.Dr Craig M. Zimring is an environmental psychologist and associate professor of architecture and of psychology at the College of Architecture of the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research and practice focuses on environmental design evaluation and other aids to organizational decision making about correctional facilities, offices and other building types, and on stress and environmental cognition. W. Harry Munyon, A.I.A., is an architect and partner in Silver and Ziskind Architects, San Francisco. He has devoted his professional life to the planning and design of jails, prisons and other justice and correctional facilities. Larry Ard is Chief Deputy, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department. He has been responsible for the Contra Costa County Main Detention Facility since its inception and has served as a consultant for the planning and design of many subsequent direct supervision facilities