The panopticon prison as a “social condenser”: The study of the project for De Koepel prison by Rem Koolhaas/OMA (1979–1988)

Rem Koolhaas/OMA carried out the study for De Koepel prison throughout a decade (1979–1988). However, only its initial stages (1979–1980) were disclosed and have been investigated. The hypothesis presented in this article suggests that Koolhaas implemented his —then— recent thesis present in Delirious New York (1978) on “life in the metropolis”...

Reflexiones en torno a la arquitectura del aislamiento: Vivienda y prisión

La domesticidad ha sido definida como un término que hace referencia a la experiencia de la vida privada, a las dimensiones materiales del hogar, y a una ideología que organiza cuestiones complicadas y a menudo controvertidas sobre la privacidad, el trabajo, la identidad de género, la familia, la formación del sujeto, la clase socioeconómica, la...

Domesticity ‘Behind Bars’: Project by Rem Koolhaas/OMA for the Renovation of a Panopticon Prison in Arnhem

This article focuses on the project for the renovation of a Panopticon prison in Arnhem, the Netherlands (1979–1980), designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA. The analysis of its reception shows that, despite being well known, it has been little studied and discussed, and although it was not built, it had an impact on prison architecture. It seems...

A robust saturated strategy for n-player prisoner's dilemma

We study diffusion of cooperation in an n-population game in continuous time. At each instant, the game involves n random individuals, one from each population. The game has the structure of a prisoner's dilemma, where each player can choose a continuous decision variable associated with the probability of cooperating or defecting. We turn...

The demographic divide: Population dynamics, race and the rise of mass incarceration in the United States

This manuscript examines whether certain fundamental demographic changes in age structures across racial groups might help explain incarceration rates in the United States. We argue that a “demographic divide”—a growing divergence in the age structures of blacks and whites—was an important factor that contributed to the nation’s rising...

Productiviteitstrends in het gevangeniswezen

Productiviteitstrends in het gevangeniswezen is een studie naar de samenhang tussen regulering en productiviteit in het gevangeniswezen gedurende de periode 1970-2012. De productiviteitsontwikkeling in deze periode vertoont een grillig verloop. Dit blijkt voor een belangrijk deel samen te hangen met de ontwikkeling van de bezettingsgraad. Door...