In the traditional design of jails in the United States, jail cells are situated in a triangle so that a staff member in the center of the triangle has visual access to nearly all the cells.

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Traditional jail designs in the United States typically use a linear or rectangular layout, not a triangular one. The triangular design is more characteristic of the panopticon model, which is not commonly used in U.S. jails.

In the Traditional Design of Jails in the United States