The Evolution of Punishment in the 21st Century

Foucot: New tactics that are being implemented between the years 17 57 and 18 37 is a broader evolution of the way people in power keep prisoners under control. These changes occur gradually over the course of decades, sometimes just with changes to the ceremony of the public execution itself. By the year 18 37, putting somebody to death as a public spectacle had all but disappeared. And number two, we had changed tactics, from punishing criminals by inflicting harm on their bodies to the emergence of a new era where we now focus primarily on the disciplining and control of their minds. This is the emergence and infancy of what will eventually become the modern prison.