Prison Data

Abstract

     The snowballing cost of imprisonment in America is at odds with the trend of increasing humane treatment in jailing today.  Imprisonment has reached an all time high in this country requiring many states to outsource inmates as a result of insufficient facilities.  As the cost continues to escalate a strategy must be adopted which lowers the societal economic cost while simultaneously improving the societal health of communities nationwide

     Coupling a revenue generating component to jailing infrastructure could be used to offset the societal economic cost associated with jailing in America.  As a result of the technological advances a need for new data centers has emerged across the country.  These centers need to be located near major metropolitans for efficiencies even though their construction opposes the conventional city concept,(space not intended to be inhabited by people).  At a glance these centers have a lot in common with prisons in terms of operations.  Both need to operate twenty-four hours a day Seven days a week while being completely secure. 

Context/Problem/Opportunity 
    
 This proposal presents an opportunity to combine the prison and the data center in an attempt to increase both of their positive social impacts.  In order to accomplish this positive impact the conventional diagrams of each program must be analyzed interpreted and reassembled in a synergistic fashion. 
    The conventional prison diagram is one of transport starting with taking the prisoners out of sight.  Once relocated to a prison facility the prisoner spends his/her life being escorted by security to the various prison amenities/functions.  The rehabilitation of a prisoner takes place within a prison through classes and therapy but always through a figure of authority that leads them toward rehabilitation.
    The conventional data center diagram is on of waist in which servers are stacked as many as will fit into large windowless rooms.  These servers give off a tremendous amount of heat while requiring a equally huge amount of electricity.  If the electricity was to go out the facility then goes to its backup generators to compensate for the electrical load needed to stay online.

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