22 - 23 May, 2012, Prince Hotel & Residence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The 2nd annual Prisons and Correctional Facilities 2012 conference once again brings together senior international and regional Prison Commissioners, Director Generals and senior officials to discuss the latest trends, issues, challenges and strategies involving the construction, design, security and rehabilitation programmes within prisons and correctional facilities. Running successfully for its second year, IQPC’s Prisons and Correctional Facilities Asia 2012 is the only dedicated conference for prison design, construction and security; this is a NOT TO BE MISSED two-day event.
Purwo Ardoko, Chief Architect for the Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta, and an attendee of the Prisons and Correctional Facilities Asia 2011 explains that though there are no major difficulties in the prison and correctional facilities design process, there are minor ones coming from non-technical issues like budgeting and programming.
“The conference was very useful and beneficial for me and the team who attended, as you know we had 8 people attend as delegates. Two of which were engineers and the rest are prison and correctional officer that have no - or limited - knowledge and experience in the engineering background. So at the conference we learnt and saw how other countries have similar issues and go about solving these problems.”
Peter Severin, Chief Executive, of the SA Corrective Services, Australia, talks about the latest developments in Australia’s prison design and construction and explains some of the challenges to moving away from prisons and moving towards rehabilitation centres.
“The first challenge is that you really have to have a very robust assessment, so you need to assess prisoners before they are placed in accommodation areas so you know what the risks are. One of the biggest challenges in a private prison system is the contraband that comes into a prison - things that should not be there but make their way into the prison such as drugs which is counterproductive to good rehabilitation. The answer to that is to have a really strong access control and there is a lot of technology in that. We use x-ray machines, drug detection devices and metal detection, not because we do not trust people who come into prison to visit, but because we want to ensure that we eliminate contrabands from coming in. We try to have very solid surroundings in prisons and then we can actually offer a lot more rehabilitation and a opportunities for prisoners to change,” said Severin.
In conjunction with the Prison Department of Malaysia, we present to you an even stronger and more comprehensive event. Having identified the key issues that regional prisons face, we have gathered not only regional but international prison commissioners and high-level officials who will share their perspectives and experience in overcoming these common challenges.
The events were very valuable in terms of best practices in building design, strategies to enhance security and also case studies to improve our knowledge on technologies, master plan and strategic planning.
I have learnt what prisons need in the 21st century, as well as understanding design concepts as a contributor towards reform and rehabilitation.
Very valuable to help improve prison facilities in Malaysia.
As a prison officer, all these new designs are great as they are relevant with case studies. The conference gives me future ideas on how to plan for future prison facilities.
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