Design Principles for Prison Landscapes: Security, Biodiversity and Wellbeing

Emma Collett Widdop; Dominique Moran; Jon Sadler

doi:10.48352/uobxgees.0001

Design Principles for Prison Landscapes: Security, Biodiversity and Wellbeing

Emma Collett Widdop
, Dominique Moran^*
, Jon Sadler

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Publisher	University of Birmingham
Number of pages	175
ISBN (Electronic)	9780704429888
ISBN (Print)	9780704429895, 9780704429932
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48352/uobxgees.0001
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2025

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4 Article

Green space in prison improves wellbeing irrespective of prison/er characteristics, with particularly beneficial effects for younger and unsentenced prisoners, and in overcrowded prisons
Moran, D., Jordaan, J. & Jones, P., 24 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Criminology.
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Does nature contact in prison improve wellbeing? Mapping land cover to identify the effect of greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales
Moran, D., Jones, P., Jordaan, J. A. & Porter, A., 22 Feb 2021, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 111, 6, p. 1779-1795 17 p.
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Does prison location matter for prisoner wellbeing? The effect of location within greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales
Moran, D., Jones, P., Jordaan, J. A. & Porter, A., 9 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Wellbeing, Space and Society. 3, 100065.
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Back to nature? Attention restoration theory and the restorative effects of nature contact in prison
Moran, D., 1 May 2019, In: Health & Place. 57, p. 35-43 9 p.
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1 Finished

Designing safe and biodiverse green spaces in prisons
Moran, D. (Principal Investigator) & Sadler, J. (Co-Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
14/02/24 → 30/04/25
Project: Research Councils

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Research output

Green space in prison improves wellbeing irrespective of prison/er characteristics, with particularly beneficial effects for younger and unsentenced prisoners, and in overcrowded prisons

Does nature contact in prison improve wellbeing? Mapping land cover to identify the effect of greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales

Does prison location matter for prisoner wellbeing? The effect of location within greenspace on self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales

Back to nature? Attention restoration theory and the restorative effects of nature contact in prison

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Designing safe and biodiverse green spaces in prisons

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