Integrative

Solutions for
Humane Prison
Conditions
Jessica Bonifacio
2022
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The Role of the

Engineer in
Dismantling
Systemic Injustice
Engineers and architects have a role to play in
building facilities and services that take into
mind systemic conditions. Fritz Todt, one of the engineers
who was responsible for design
An engineer, then, must have a firm grasp of and construction in the Nazi
ethics and understand his moral obligation to organization.
society.
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Engineering
skills +
understanding of
systemic issues
The products produced by an engineer
are not value-neutral. When working
on projects that may have unethical In designing humane prisons, an
repercussions, an engineer should engineer must see to it that the
consult with various experts in facility becomes a place for
technical and humanitarian fields. rehabilitation, rather than of
Past research should also be studied. unnecessary violence.
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for rehabilitation

Overcrowded prison in the Philippines. Lack of proper Prison cell in Norway fit for rehabilitation. Proper
ventilation and bed capacity can incur easier transmission of ventilation, beds, and space for reflection.
diseases, increase chances of heat stroke, and result in death.
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"Build with
the human
in mind."
In designing the facility, an engineer must ask himself several questions.

+ If a person who is not necessarily ethically corrupt becomes a victim of a flawed justice
system, should he be subjected to an even more dehumanizing prison system?
+ What will be the everyday experience of the user of the facility?
+ Can my design inspire change and rehabilitation?
+ Does my design progress the fight for equality, or hinder it?