The Panopticon is a round building from the late 18th century, designed by Jeremy Bentham (English philosopher and social theorist). He designed it to be appropriate for hospitals, schools asylums etc. First off he wanted it to be a factory, but he put most effort in to making it a prison.
Panopticon stands for all observed, because it is designed for all the prisoners to be watched at all time from the centre, without them knowing when they are being watched. It is designed so that the prison only need one watchman, even though one single watchman cant watch them all at once, it forces the prisoners to behave at all times.
Discuss what it must be like to be a prisoner in a prison of this type.For some of the inmates it would be a lesson. When you are being watched at all times, you need to behave better. Normally there is a lot of violence in a prison, and this could be a method to decrease this and make some of the inmates feel more safe.
For some it must be horrible, it could affect them psychologically, because it could be some kind of torture. (water drop torture)
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