ADPSR's work was discussed at the California legislature on 10/10/13. We are making an impact! You can see the entire hearing at this link - http://www.calchannel.com/recent-archive/ (see Joint Informational Hearing on Segregation Policies in California Prisons). This clip is at 1:40:40.
You can also see just the clip at ADPSR's new Facebook page for our Ethics & Human Rights campaign: https://www.facebook.com/ADPSRArchitects. While you are there, "like" the page to stay updated on the campaign.
The hearing itself was a significant outcome of the hunger strike by prisoners in solitary confinement in California earlier this year. The committee leaders spoek repeatedbly about new legislation to curb solitary confinement in the state's prisons, given decades of inaction by the Corrections department. It was a rare joint session between the state Assembly and Senate public safety committees, indicating its importance.
This is what Margaret Winter of the ACLU National Prison Project said: “Many major national non-governmental organizations are now involved in the challenge to solitary confinement ... an effort is underway to amend the American Institute of Architects’ Code of Ethics to prohibit the design of facilities intended for prolonged solitary confinement."