Citation

Dvoskin JA, Radomski SJ, Bennett C, Olin JA, Hawkins RL, Dotson LA, Drewnicky IN. Behav. Sci. Law 2002; 20(5): 481-493.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.506

PMID

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Abstract

This article describes the architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital. The project combined input from staff at all levels of the client organization, outside consultants, and a team of experienced architects. The design team was able to create a design that maximized patient dignity and privacy on one hand, and the ability of staff to observe all patient activity on the other. The design centers around 24-bed units, broken into smaller living wings of eight beds each. Each eight-bed living wing has its own private bathrooms (two) and showers (two), as well as a small living area solely reserved for these eight patients and their guests. An indoor-outdoor dayroom allows patients to go outside whenever they choose, while allowing staff to continue observing them. The heart of the facility is a large treatment mall, designed to foster the acquisition of social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills that will help patients to safely return to their communities. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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