Originally, though, the panopticon was what the British political philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed as a new model of prison architecture at the end of the 18th century. The design was ingenious. It ...

As those in power who seek only their own interest and gain continue seeking to instill panoptical fear so that the fearful ...

Discover the chilling history of the panopticon prison, imagined by Jeremy Bentham as a means to optimize organization and control without direct surveillance. Explore the impact of industrialization ...

The Haarlem Koepelgevangenis ("dome prison") is just one of three so-called panopticons in the Netherlands: circular prisons with a central watch tower, built in the 19th century and designed to ...