A circular prison design conceived by Jeremy Bentham, in which a central watchtower allows a small staff to observe many prisoners who cannot tell whether they are being watched at any given moment, intended as an efficient model of institutional discipline and control. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Abortive prison project and the Panopticon section
Allow me to construct a prison on this model, I will be the gaoler.
- Informed By: Jeremy Bentham
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