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November 21, 2011
1. RE:Justice Center Design Stephen Wagner

RE:Justice Center Design
From: Stephen Wagner
To: Academy of Architecture for Justice
Posted: November 21, 2011 11:31 AM
Subject: RE:Justice Center Design
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Marie,

It's standard for security windows to allow no more than 5" of glazing between bars or mullions to prevent escape.  There is also general agreement among architects that this makes those windows look severe and dehumanizing.  As far as I know there is no glazing product available that would provide the same level of physical security.  However, there are security windows with mullions in lieu of bars that have, by a degree, a more normal appearance.

For the county jail facility that I'm currently designing, we are providing commercial windows with impact-resistant glazing for minimum security housing units for a "normal/normalized/normative" environment.  Medium and maximum security housing still will have divided security windows.

If it's important to make the facility blend into the neighborhood, then a plumbing chase with a separate exterior window wall can be provided all around outside the cells, with narrow or divided windows from the cells into the chase.  The sunlight needs to come into the cells through the exterior window, chase, and cell window.

Steve

Stephen B. Wagner, AIA, LEED AP
KMD Architects
Santa Monica CA
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