Prison, Architecture and Humans

Loredana Giani is Full Professor of Administrative Law at the European
University of Rome. Author of several books and more than 70 articles, her
main research interests are related to the organisational profile of public administrations
and the legal aspects regarding the guarantee of fundamental rights
mainly in relation to public services.

Livia Porro is an architect who has been dealing with inclusive design since her Master thesis (Center for Education and Rehabilitation at La Boca, Buenos Aires, 2013). She is currently completing her PhD in Engineering-based Architecture and Urban Planning at the Faculty of Engineering, at Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on defining design criteria for residential facilities for adults with autism spectrum disorders. She contributes to research and teaching activities led by Professor Francesca Giofrè.

Stefano Catucci is Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He teaches aesthetics at the University of Rome “Sapienza”. He has published writings on early twentieth century German and French philosophy and is the author of an Introduction to Foucault reprinted several times (ed. Laterza). He has created and organized meetings on “Philosophy and Music” at the Biennale Musica in Venice (2006 and 2007) and the “States-General of Arts” in Florence (2011).

Gudrun Brottveit is a criminologist and Associate Professor in Psychosocial Work and Welfare Studies at the University College of Østfold. Her research interests are related to critical criminology, the materiality of punishment, professional practices focusing on interpersonal meetings, subject ontology and body phenomenology. Brottveit has been responsible for various qualitative research projects and has participated in several national and international multidisciplinary research collaborations.

Yngve Hammerlin er dr.philos, forsker og forfatter. Han har vært ansatt som forsker (og førsteamanuensis) i Kriminalomsorgsavdelingen/KRUS fra tidlig på 1980-tallet til 2019/2020. Hans siste bok om fengselssystemet i Norge kom i 2021. Hammerlin har fire spesialområder: fengselsforskning, sjølmordsforskning, voldsforskning og forskning om menneskesyn og etikk/moral. Han har skrevet flere bøker om alle temaene – i tillegg til forskningsrapporter og artikler. Han er nå forfatter på heltid.

Linda Grøning is Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Bergen. She received her Juris Dr. title in 2008 at the Law Faculty in Lund, Sweden, and has since published extensively in the research areas of criminal law and criminal justice. Gröning is Project Leader for the research project The Functionality of the Criminal Justice System, and Leader for the research group in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Faculty of Law in Bergen.

Ferdinando Terranova has been Full Professor of the Technology of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome. He was Director of the Department of Innovation Technology in Architecture and the Culture of Environment, and director of the Level II Master in Architecture for Health for Developing Countries. He is an expert in the field of programming and the planning of complex building, with a special focus on healthcare and social care architecture, and in the field of Italian building production policy.

Rosalba D’Onofrio is an Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Camerino, where she teaches Urban Planning. She has conducted extensive research in the field of environmental and landscape urban design. Her current research focuses on the relationship between urban planning, well-being and the health of cities.

Inger Marie Fridhov is a theologian and criminologist. She has been working with crime, crime prevention, prison and prisoners for the last 35 years - both as a scientist and as an administrator of cultural and rehabilitation projects. She has written several reports and been a co-writer of many books in this field.

Pier Matteo Fagnoni, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Florence in 1995, and received a PhD in the Technology of Architecture in 2000 from Sapienza University of Rome. He serves as a Contract Professor in Technology in Florence and Rome. The favored field of interest is connected to organization and management. In recent years he has often worked as Project Manager managing investments from foreign companies. In 2002 he founded the “Fagnoni & Associati” architecture firm, with Raffaella Fagnoni and Daniele Desii.

John K. is a pseudonym, serving a sentence in an open prison. He began keeping a diary when first incarcerated and subsequently joined a collaborative writing project together with researchers. He continues to write and is still contributing to prison research. His research has been presented at conferences, and now, in this book.

Tore Rokkan is an Associate Professor working as a Researcher in the Research Department at the University College of Norwegian Correctional Service. His interest is on professionals’ and organizations’ cooperation and competence in
developing and implementing new policy and practice. He is also interested in new methods and designs in the field of corrections. He has been involved in the development and evaluation of several projects and programmes in the prison and probation service over the last 15 years. Recent research involves studies on foreign inmates serving their sentence in Norway and inmates serving their Norwegian sentence in other countries.

Franz James is a Ph.D. student and Associate Professor in Furniture Design at HDK - Academy of Design and Craft, University of Gothenburg. His work is in the field of design of the physical environment in prisons and psychiatric hospitals.

Elio Trusiani is an architect, PhD, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Camerino and Professor at the Specialisation School of “Beni Architettonici e Paesaggio” Sapienza University of Rome. His fields of applied research are: town planning, urban regeneration and cultural landscape planning with a focus on emerging regions and developing countries. His most recent field of research is the relationship between urban planning and health.