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AIA Updates Ethics Code to Prohibit Design of Facilities Used for Solitary Confinement, Execution
Advocates in the design industries have been pushing for years for the American Institute of Architects to take a stance on how prisons are designed. December 16, 2020, 5am PST | James Brasuell |
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Jonathan Hilburg reports that the national branch of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has updated its code of ethics to prohibit the design of spaces intended for execution, torture and prolonged solitary confinement, adopting the change on December 10. Interestingly enough, the AIA has framed the decision as one not just of social justice but of specifically addressing racism in the built environment, acknowledging the disproportionate rates that minorities in America are subject to these spaces, explains Hilburg.