Penitenciaria sustentable de Mosquera (PSM)

Abstract

The function of the penitentiary centers is to protect and guarantee compliance with the laws, depriving the freedom of people who violate them, according to the INPEC the population of inmates in prisons is increasing every year and with this also the overcrowding and the budget ; The cost of keeping an inmate for the month is $ 1,040,000 pesos where food is the most costly, that is, an inmate costs the state $ 12,500,000 pesos. INPEC's annual budget exceeds $ 1.37 billion a year, but resources are insufficient to serve the growing prison population. For this reason, it is proposed to design a grade one prison, under the criteria of sustainability and energy efficiency, which allows reducing operating expenses associated with production, transportation, consumption of food, water and energy. Making relevant spaces for a prison facility, following the standards established by INPEC, with strategies that can optimize the expenditure of energy, water and food services, implement spaces to involve prisoners and make them participants in different activities, in order to improve your knowledge and education in different areas. With a sustainable architecture that optimizes energy consumption, the use of rainwater, the implementation of poultry farms and urban gardens with these helping to feed the prisoners and manufacturing activities, through a sustainable architecture the operating costs of the penitentiary center.