Youth Justice Furniture

Youth justice facilities require furniture that addresses a specific and complex set of needs. Young people in secure environments are at elevated risk, and the furniture they live with every day is part of the clinical and custodial risk picture. It needs to be fully anti-ligature. It needs to be durable enough for daily use in demanding settings. And it needs to support the kind of environment where rehabilitation is actually possible.

Abecca has been supplying youth justice facilities across New Zealand and Australia for many years. Our solid foam construction is designed to significantly reduce ligature risk, with no metal components, no wooden frames and no exposed fixings of any kind.

For programme and activity spaces managed by occupational therapists, our reconfigurable modular furniture range is designed to adapt throughout the day, from group sessions to individual use to breakout arrangements, without introducing any hard or structural components into the environment.

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Creators & Designers of Safe Furniture

With more than 70 years of manufacturing experience, Abecca is dedicated to creating furniture that supports safer, calmer environments, built with the care and quality our customers rely on.

Our Process

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First, We Listen to Your Needs

Every facility is different. Before we recommend or design anything, we take time to understand your environment, your service users and the challenges your team faces. Because we manufacture our own products, we can shape our solutions around your needs, rather than asking you to work around ours.

Then, We Research.

We look closely at how each product will be used, and misused, in your setting. That’s why our furniture is built from solid foam, with no wood, metal or hard components. Every detail, from shape and weight to surface finish, is considered to help reduce risk while keeping comfort and dignity at the centre of the design.

 

Lastly, We Bring Your Design to Life.

In our own New Zealand factory, we plan, prototype, refine and test each product before it reaches you. The result is furniture engineered to withstand the demands of high-risk environments: durable, comfortable and designed to support safer, calmer spaces.

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Why Choose Abecca?

Safety comes first in everything we do. As designers, innovators and manufacturers, we know what it takes to create an environment where everyone feels secure. Our customers face unique challenges every day, so we design furniture that is effective, functional, comfortable and, most importantly, built with safety in mind.

Traditional furniture can break apart, be used as a weapon or create ligature points. Abecca furniture is built from solid foam with no hard components, finished in hard-wearing, wipe-clean surfaces and engineered to withstand the demands of youth justice environments. Experience the difference with Abecca today.

 

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Custom Design Solutions

Every facility has its own requirements. Share your floor plan or room layout in any format, along with your concept, and our in-house designer will create complimentary 3D plans, recommending the best-suited products from our range or designing custom pieces for your space.

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Our friendly team is always ready to assist with your safe furniture needs – we would love to chat.