Originally, though, the panopticon was what the British political philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed as a new model of ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Many of them were sent to Evin, a notorious prison known for housing people with political charges. Through multiple reliable sources BBC Persian has pieced together what day to day life is like ...

Angry residents of a top-floor 12-storey tower block where the lift has been out of action for a month have described feeling "imprisoned" in their own flats. People at the Christabel tower block in ...

Angry residents of a top-floor 12-storey tower block where the lift has been out of action for a month have described feeling "imprisoned" in their own flats. People at the Christabel tower block ...

Lukasz Ciszek lives on the 12th floor of the Christabel apartment block Angry residents of a top-floor 12-storey tower block where the lift has been out of action for a month have described ...

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 ...

How the plan is enacted could also have major impacts on communities with economies that rely on those prisons. “Anything depends on how it’s executed,” said Claire Shubik-Richards, the executive ...