about the issue

TakePart examines the mass incarceration issue in U.S. prisons and asks: Can rehabilitating felons make us safer?

Home
inside the big issue
Home
Stories
  • Room for Forgiveness
  • When a Policy Alone Is Not Enough
  • Rehabilitating Violent Offenders Is Possible. Why Aren't We Doing it?
  • Defining Violence: It’s Not as Simple as You Think
  • Locked Up
  • The Only Way to Tackle Mass Incarceration Is to Address the Issue of Those Convicted of Violent Offenses
TakePart is the digital news and lifestyle magazine from Participant Media, the company behind such acclaimed documentaries as CITIZENFOUR, An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. and feature films including Lincoln and Spotlight.
Visit takepart.com

FOLLOW US

TAKEPART'S BIG ISSUE vol. 11
  • Share

    Comments

TAKEPART'S BIG ISSUE vol. 11

How Prison Design Can Change Inmate Behavior

What if prisons were designed to rehabilitate as well as incarcerate?
Sep 19, 2016 | TakePart Staff

The public perception of a prison has stayed the same for 200 years: a cellblock, bars on the windows, barbed wire, isolation. But what if the architecture were different? What if it were designed to rehabilitate as well as incarcerate? There are efforts across the globe to do just this. We asked some scholars to help us understand the thinking behind these designs.

Violence and Redemption

9 STORIES
Rehabilitating Violent Offenders Is Possible. Why Aren’t We Doing It?

Rehabilitating Violent Offenders Is Possible. Why Aren’t We Doing It?

How One Woman Was Able to Forgive the Man Who Shot Her

How One Woman Was Able to Forgive the Man Who Shot Her

Oklahoma Struggles With Its Tough-on-Crime Past

Oklahoma Struggles With Its Tough-on-Crime Past

Defining Violence: It’s Not as Simple as You Think

Defining Violence: It’s Not as Simple as You Think

Violence and Redemption

Violence and Redemption

Life Inside and Out

Life Inside and Out

Walking in Forgiveness

Walking in Forgiveness

Violence and Redemption — Op-Eds

Violence and Redemption — Op-Eds

Go to Violence and Redemption

About Us

TakePart is the digital news and lifestyle magazine from Participant Media, the company behind such acclaimed documentaries as CITIZENFOUR, An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. and feature films including  Lincoln and Spotlight.

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • FAQ
  • Social Action Network
  • RSS
  • Ad Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service