Nordic model to inform redesign of California's San Quentin prison

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen and American studio DLR Group have been selected to redesign California's San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation centre that will utilise influences from the Scandinavian incarceration system. Following a 2023 announcement from California Governor Gavin Newsom that the maximum-security prison will be converted into a "one-of-a-kind facility" renamed The post Nordic model to inform redesign of California's San Quentin prison appeared first on Dezeen.