Patent ID: 6360494
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
An omni-view incarceration facility for housing inmates in a secure environment with total visual surveillance, comprising:(a) a control center having a panoramic field of view; (b) a series of cell units fully viewable from the control center, positioned along an inner periphery radially spaced from the control center, each cell unit in cell sectors of the control center field of view; (c) a secure entryway in an entry sector of the control center field of view; (d) an outdoor recreational yard in a yard sector of the control center field of view; (e) a stairway within a stairwell sector along the inner periphery in the control center field of view; (f) an activities room within a room sector along the inner periphery in the control center field of view; (g) a corridor encircling the inner periphery traversing the various sectors including the cell sectors, the field sector and the entry sector; (h) an outdoor work area forming a circular region at a level below the corridor in the field of view being accessible from the stairway; (i) a first arcuate wall spanning the field sector of the recreational yard, along the inner periphery, with a first central sally port for ingress and egress; (j) a second arcuate wall spanning the entry sector of the secure entryway along the inner periphery with a second central sally port for ingress and egress from the incarceration facility; and (k) a barrier encircling the corridor above and adjacent the work area.