Designing products for high security and custodial to promote a safe environment is of paramount importance. Unlike classic sanitaryware, the KWC DVS range of high-security and ligature resistant products are virtually unbreakable.

A team led by architecture practice Matter has developed guidance to improve the design of prisons. Setting out a series of practical design principles, Well-being in Prison Design argues that the way in which prisons have been commissioned and built in the past has proved to be a barrier to rehabilitation and the welfare of the workforce.