Vertical System

studies on prison sentence reveals that post-release offenses were higher after
imprisonment. taking criminals out of community and incarcerating them is just
a temporary solution. during their time in prison, inmates resocialize into a prison
community or rather a crime community instead of rehabilitation; eventually return
to the path of crime. the majority of offenses committed are lesser crimes, and these
offenders are those with higher chances of rehabilitation.

community too plays a role in helping ex-convicts in their rehabilitation process.
yet there is a social stigma towards ex-convicts. in the end, rejections and scorns forced
them to go back into the way of crime.

rehabilitation essentially involves both the offenders and community. to achieve this,
we propose a prison where the criminals are taken off the street to a place within that
community and while serving their sentences, they continuously contribute to that
particular community yet remain separated; a vertical prison.

design to separate – a prison without wall
the purpose of a prison is to isolate the inmates from society and a prison needs a barrier
to do so. a vertical prison does so without a wall, instead it isolates the inmates through
height, where jumping off the prison is the only option.