| This study looks at the impact of a corrections environment
upon prisoners through a process of monitoring inmate attendance at sick
call clinic. Contrasting cell block designs and characteristics are
compared on the basis of significant differential demands for health care
services emanating from specific areas. Known psychological and
physiological responses to situations perceived to be threatening provide
the theory that health behavior may be used as one indirect measure of
environmentally induced stress. Findings suggest there are architectural
design features of the prison environment that provide basis of perceived
threats to inmate safety and survival. Loss of privacy on several
dimensions appears to be a critical environmental characteristics. |