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Mothers behind bars nurture relationships with visitors in this unusual prison garden

  • Written by Julie Stevens, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University
Mothers behind bars nurture relationships with visitors in this unusual prison gardenThe design called for plants and play spaces – big improvements over brick and razor wire.Iowa State University student design team, CC BY-ND

Leaves are rustling. You can hear the sound of children kicking a ball, plinking the keys of a toy xylophone. People are laughing and talking.

Are you picturing a prison? My colleagues and I did –...

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