Regeneration and the race equality duty: report of a formal investigation in England, Scotland and Wales / Commission for Racial Equality, 26 September 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4trjq

[Isle of Man] Work starts to kit out new prison / BBC News [Isle of Man], 7 September 2oo7
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/6983381.stm
"Work has begun to kit out part of the new Isle of Man prison in Jurby. Fitters have started to secure the site by fixing high security locks and staff will soon start to be trained in the newly completed Works Department."

OGC property database central to Govt's plan to transform Estates management / Public Technology, 26 June 2007
http://digbig.com/4tdjh
"Whitehall departments accounting for over 90% of the Government's office estate have agreed how to deliver Government's High Performing Property initiative. The Office of Government Commerce's cross Government property database (e-PIMS) will form the primary platform for information on individual holdings."

[USA] Facility Planning to Meet the Needs of Female Inmates / NICIC, June 2007
http://nicic.org/Library/Default.aspx?Library=022247
"This bulletin "discusses how jurisdictions of all sizes can consider and address the gender-specific needs of female inmates during the facility planning process." Sections contained in this bulletin are: introduction; the female inmate population; the impact of jail size; target population; predesign issues; master planning; prearchitectural programming; consider a regional approach; design issues."

New scanner's fluid response could detect liquid bombs
Jane's Police Review, 25 April 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Vulnerable police buildings and aeroplanes could be better protected from bombings thanks to new technology that can detect liquid explosives."
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Building for the future: Sustainable construction and refurbishment on the government estate / NAO, 20 April 2007
http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/06-07/0607324.htm
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General
HC 324 2006-2007
Full Report
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/0607324.pdf
Executive Summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/0607324es.pdf
Executive Summary
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/0607324es.htm
"The majority of government departments and agencies are failing to meet targets to make their new buildings and major refurbishments sustainable, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. As a result, value for money may be lost from the £3billion which departments and agencies spend each year on this activity."

Gild your own cage
New Statesman, 5 February 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200702050035
Iain Aitch
"Asking inmates to design their fantasy prison has produced some innovative results"

Council has designs on excluding crime / This is Bradford, 12 Jan 2007
http://digbig.com/4qrct
Jo Winrow
"Bradford Council is set to ensure the district is a safer place to live - by bringing in measures to design out crime from new developments. A ground-breaking document will provide the template to which developers must refer - taking anti-crime measures further than ever before.
It follows on from the pioneering work by Royds Community Association on three once crime-ridden estates. Christopher Hughes, the Council's head of plans and performance, described the crime-prevention supplementary planning document as "seminal". He said: "The main objective of planning for crime prevention is to prevent or deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour by reducing the availability of opportunities to commit crime, achieved through the careful design of buildings, streets and spaces to create safer and more pleasant environments."