Rehabilitation Centre for Young People near San Francisco
The Pleasanton Rehabilitation Centre is (after 30 years) the first juvenile detention facility planned according to a new educational and sociological concept, developed by the prison planning office as a prototype for future facilities of this type in America. The basic idea was to integrate this institution—from the perspective of humane incarceration—into its surroundings as much as possible through its location and design; another essential aspect was to guarantee each inmate privacy while simultaneously providing ample space for communication and a wide range of activities.
