Discover the chilling history of the panopticon prison, imagined by Jeremy Bentham as a means to optimize organization and ...

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the ...

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 ...

The prison, which is built in a panopticon design, was active from 1901 to 2016. Haarlem has converted de Koepel into a community space, including space for tech companies.

Arnhem's panopticon is currently undergoing reconstruction to turn it into an event space and hotel, and Breda's domed prison is set to reopen in 2028 as an exhibition space for audio-visual projects.

George Sikharulidze’s feature debut “Panopticon” is, the director says, a very personal movie. The film, screening as a world premiere in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition, is ...

George Sikharulidze’s feature debut “Panopticon” is, the director says, a very personal movie. The film, screening as a world premiere in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition, is ...

The last panopticon prison in the country, at Stateville Prison in Illinois, was closed in 2016 after years of opposition. Jenny Vollen-Katz, a prison reform expert, helped lead the fight.

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Bentham’s Panopticon is an annular prison that places each prisoner in a visible, windowed cell surveyed by a central tower. Rather than hide its prisoners like a traditional dungeon, the panopticon ...