oped three prototype detention facilities. While the FPS had extensive experience operating institutions for sentenced prisoners, its experience with detention facilities was limited. Therefore, the FPS launched an extensive planning effort that sought to incorporate the thinking of experts in local jail management. The resulting architectural programs were strongly influenced by the "functional unit management concept," which had recently been developed in FPS institutions.
             Three architects from among the nation's leading firms were selected to design the Metropolitan Correctional Centers in New York, Chicago, and San Diego. In addition to obtaining original thinki
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