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The Panopticon Effect
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The History of the Panopticon Prison
Jeremy Bentham died in 1832 without ever seeing his panopticon prison completed. Dutch architect Johann Metzallar picked up Bentham's ideas several decades later. He was drawn to the panopticon because it solved several practical concerns, writes Andrew Keen. The design would require less construction than a typical prison and there'd be no need for a separate church.
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