Published:
February 24, 2020
LBJ School Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch talks to The Crime Report about reimagining and redesigning prisons, and the effect that it can have on incarcerated populations.
"'We failed to recognize the harm [current prisons] do to individuals,' said Michele Deitch, a senior lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
"Deitch, who is involved in an effort to reimagine women's units in two Texas counties, admitted design changes alone won't be enough to transform the incarceration culture in America, but it can help 'lead to better outcomes' by treating incarcerated individuals like human beings."