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Architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital
Authors:Dvoskin Joel A  Radomski Steven J  Bennett Charles  Olin Jonathan A  Hawkins Robert L  Dotson Linda A  Drewnicky Irene N
Affiliation:University of Arizona College of Medicine, 5174 N. Via de la Lanza, Tucson, AZ 85750-7077, USA.
Abstract:This article describes the architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital. The project combined input from staff at all levels of the client organization, outside consultants, and a team of experienced architects. The design team was able to create a design that maximized patient dignity and privacy on one hand, and the ability of staff to observe all patient activity on the other. The design centers around 24-bed units, broken into smaller living wings of eight beds each. Each eight-bed living wing has its own private bathrooms (two) and showers (two), as well as a small living area solely reserved for these eight patients and their guests. An indoor-outdoor dayroom allows patients to go outside whenever they choose, while allowing staff to continue observing them. The heart of the facility is a large treatment mall, designed to foster the acquisition of social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills that will help patients to safely return to their communities.
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