Prison without bars / Tucson Citizen, 17 Jan 2007
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/38890.php
A.J. FLICK
"New Tucson unit seeks to reduce repeat offenders, save money by getting convicts ready for the outside world. A prison unit that saves taxpayers millions and cuts down on repeat offenders sounds too good to be true. But the Arizona Department of Corrections is aiming to do just that with four new units, one in the Tucson prison. At first glance, the Catalina Unit looks like any other correctional facility. But a closer inspection hints this isn't a typical prison unit. There's a razor-wire fence, but there's only one, and it's much shorter than at most prisons.
Inside, there are no cells with bars. Instead, inmates sleep in three warehouse-size rooms with waist-high walls around their beds. The Catalina Unit is DOC Director Dora Schriro's "parallel universe" in action. Corrections officials nationwide have praised the concept of teaching inmates to behave in society and be productive."