Designed for keeps

Ridout, G.

Designed for keeps - 1987 - Building 283(29) 17 July 1987, 66-67(2) .

Describes the design and layout of Scotland `s first new jail for 60 years, Shotts Prison , Lanarkshire . It is far removed from the traditional barrack block, incorporating instead covered walkways which radiate from a central corridor to four outlying accommodation halls.


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