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Consider a prison where there aren't just halfway houses but many levels arranged from inside to out.
The ring that the prisoner starts on depends on the severity of the crime. After passing tests, say, of literacy, non-violence and general rehabilitation and after a certain amount of time, they
earn the right to move one ring out.
Acts of violence (other than self defense) result in moving back in a ring.
The outer rings are nicer than the inner ones, having successively more privileges, (maybe bigger cells) and facilities until finally at the outer ring there is the opportunity for parole.
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Hmm. Well, OK, but I don't see the
concentricity of the prison as significant -
why wouldn't the same scheme work in a
more conventional geometry? A linear
prison where you move from the north to
the south end, or a multistorey prison
where you move up and down, or just a
regular building where you have more and
less secure/harsh areas? |
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The reasons aren't too strong, but here they are. |
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The barriers from escape of each ring provides security for the next ring in. |
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The other one is a bit more abstract: It is a sort of metaphor for moving outwards and back into the world. |
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The idea of "rings" need not be terribly literal. They could be concentric squares or hexagons or octagons. |
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It could have an interesting social aspect: you don't want your serial-killers mixing with the unpaid-parking-ticket violators so exercise yards could be between rings and only those rings adjacent would be able to use them... Hmm, or more likely, "time until release" rings. |
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Maybe you'd need the worst on the outside, where the circumference is bigger? |
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Reminds me of Silent Hill.. spooky rotating prison where people are tortured... |
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Both Dante-esque and very similar to the prison of the "Princess Bride" book. The "pit of dispair" has many levels in the book. |
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Concentric rings, hmm... Are we talking about the Pentagon? |
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// It could have an interesting social aspect: you don't want your serial-killers mixing with the unpaid-parking-ticket violators // |
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But the ticket violators could learn sooooooo much from the serial-killers. That's what happens in today's prisons. |
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What would a bunch of concentric rings look like from above? Like a target. |
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//What would a bunch of concentric rings look like from above? Like a target.// |
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Death row in the bullseye. |
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