Architects Boycott Prisons

One of our members sent me this link the other day (Thanks, Mason) about a group of architects who are boycotting the designing and building or prisons. Just think, what would happen if the designers and the builders all just said "NO"

They have a great website with tons of information that you should check out.
Here's an excerpt from their webpage:

It is time to stop building prisons.
Our prison system is both a devastating moral blight on our society and an overwhelming economic burden on our tax dollars, taking away much needed resources from schools, health care and affordable housing. The prison system is corrupting our society and making us more threatened, rather than protecting us as its proponents claim. It is a system built on fear, racism, and the exploitation of poverty. Our current prison system has no place in a society that aspires to liberty, justice, and equality for all.

As architects, we are responsible for one of the most expensive parts of the prison system, the construction of new prison buildings. Almost all of us would rather be using our professional skills to design positive social institutions such as universities or playgrounds, but these institutions lack funding because of spending on prisons. If we would rather design schools and community centers, we must stop building prisons. ADPSR