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 ...

as part of the country's drive to reduce its prison population, and are being "repurposed". The panopticon, first envisioned by British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in the 1700s ...

The young Bentham quickly became disillusioned with the law however, and instead dedicated his life to campaigning for improvements to it. Prison reform, free education, a minimum wage ...