NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue & Woodhull Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units

To bridge the gap between the low-acuity care provided in jail and high-acuity inpatient hospitalization, NYC Health + Hospitals converted spaces within two acute care facilities—Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan and Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn—into Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units (OTxHU). These units serve patients under the custody of the NYC Department of Correction whose clinical conditions do not warrant inpatient medical or psychiatric admission but who benefit from close and frequent access to available specialty and subspecialty care. The completed spaces provide secure facilities for behavioral health, medical, and substance abuse treatment, along with provisions for discrete circulation (separate from jail-based therapeutic housing units) and recreation to ensure security and safety. Array collaborated with Urbahn Architects, who provided security and operations consulting, programming, and planning, as well as security design and specifications.