Areas holding higher security inmates are often equipped with wet cells. For example, it often speaks to the level of custody desired. One of the first determinants when designing a detention occupancy is whether the cells are wet or dry-which is to say, with a toilet or without. The decisions we make as designers and operators about where the toilets are located, how they are controlled, how many there will be, and even what they are made of, will have bearing on those living and working in these facilities in ways that are more complicated and profound than just providing a device to accept waste. But in a correctional environment, the throne is king. Whether it is the actual plumbing, occupancy issues, or barrier-free design, the toilet figures prominently in an architect’s life. It isn’t glamorous, and maybe architects don’t want to admit it, but we talk about toilets a lot.
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