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

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.

The panopticon was Jeremy Bentham’s design, intended for a prison. As I remember it, the idea was that the prison cells would be arranged in a circle, facing inward. The panopticon would be in the ...

The film “Panopticon” though follows rising hedge fund manager Chase, who hears about a little known financial gold mine called PCC Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that ...

In 1926, Cuba saw the construction of the Presidio Modelo, a prison based on the Panopticon building design. The idea was that a guard could stand in the central tower and watch all of the ...

This is the electronic concentration camp—the panopticon prison—the Village—in which we are now caged. It is a prison from which there will be no escape if the government gets it way.

The 18th century British philosopher is known for designing the Panopticon, a type of prison building with an all-seeing eye. He also asked for his skeleton to be dressed and put on public display.