Side project on post-release spaces enriched understanding of prison dynamics and supported holistic reform.

Side project on post-release spaces enriched understanding of prison dynamics and supported holistic reform.The Post-Release Confinement Facility Design contributed to a deeper understanding of Thailand’s correctional context—particularly the spatial and regulatory constraints within the prison system. Though designed as a side project, running parallel to the primary research on incarcerated mothers and children, this study played a key role in expanding field engagement and data collection. It enabled direct access to diverse stakeholders, including inmates, correctional officers, prison directors, and justice scholars—both domestic and international.
Participation in this project not only enriched the design process with real-world insights, but also sharpened my understanding of correctional facilities as complex, dynamic environments. This perspective proved essential in refining a human-centered design approach tailored to the needs of vulnerable populations within the justice system.

Institutional Collaboration
The Faculty of Architecture signed an Academic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ)—a public organization—under the framework of the “Restart Academy” project, a vocational training and reintegration program for formerly incarcerated individuals.