Good design… for who? Aestheticising the prison-industrial complex

What does it mean to do ‘good’ design in spaces that are inherently problematic? This article about design in the US prison system asks some important questions about the function of design in perpetuating unjust systems, and examines how ‘design’ might be taking resources from alternative solutions.

“Why should we create more beautiful, community-integrated jails if our hope is to reduce the need for jails, generate thriving communities, and therefore have no new jails?”