The Built Environment and Its Effect on Physical, Mental and Behavioral Health in Carceral Spaces.
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SESSION INFO

Wednesday, August 30, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Session Type: Workshop
This workshop aims to show how health and wellbeing of staff in the justice sector can improve using the built environment as a tool. It also aims to measure the relationship between the built environment and stress levels of staff, as well as its effect on physical, mental and behavioral health of other users of the carceral space. Using the Sense of Coherence questionnaire (SoC) of Aaron Antonovsky, participants will be able to analyze and discuss their own stress levels and sense of coherence at work. This is a look at how probation and parole officers can use the sense of coherence questionnaire to help their client’s manage levels of stress during their rehabilitation process. This is meant to be a professional but fun and interactive workshop where the participation of attendees is key.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Timothy Irons
Operations Director, Pick Everard


Architect Tim Irons leads work in the Justice Sector for Pick Everard as a specialist for over 20 years. He led design for various new build resettlement and expansion programmes for the UK Ministry of Justice. Tim's passion for design lies on the positive impact it can have on the lives of people and its ability to reduce recidivism.

Helena Pombares
Professional Doctorate Candidate, Pick Everard


Helena is an architect and criminologist with 18 years’ experience in justice architecture, and a lecturer at two universities in the UK. Helena joined Pick Everard, a multi-disciplinary design and management services company, to connect research evidence and practice base. Her most recent contribution has been the HPM Glasgow project and the UK Ministry of Justice Women’s Estate scheme. Her research on salutogenic architecture of carceral spaces feeds her passion on the effects the built environment has on the users of the space, like staff and inmates. Therefore, using a multi-disciplinary research, Helena aims to use the evidence found to inform planning and design of carceral spaces to positively impact rehabilitation.