MAXIMUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY: DESIGNING FOR ANTI-VANDALISM AND PRISON BREAK

Nwanyanwu Confidence Ahunanya

Department of Architecture

Rivers State University, Npkolu, Oruworukwo, Port Harcourt

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ABSTRACT

It has been observed that over the years, the challenges in the Nigerian Criminal Justice System have taken its toll on conditions in the prisons. Issues of congestion, infrastructural decay, lack of recreational facilities, access to justice, etc., have greatly impacted on the role of the institution. This in turn has had negative impacts on the inward mates as all they desire is a means of exit as the environment does not encourage safe livelihood. To this end, there is high need for this facility to be designed with the inert thought of making building materials self-protective in other to avoid hard impact that comes from hard inmates actions from causing damage or vandalism and for other facilities that will encourage prisoners serve their terms peacefully. Therefore, this paper through a careful analysis of secondary data journal and reviews examines possible methods that will reduce possible causes of vandalization of structure which can in-turn escape and prevent prison break and furthermore seeks highlight design condiderations that will prevent building escape and vandalism.

Keywords: Priso Break, Vandalism, inmates, Anti-vandalism.