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Foucot's Three Pronged Approach to Controlling Prisoners
Foucot cites an actual strict time schedule that criminals in the 18 thirties had to follow during their time in prison. Foucot thinks this new, highly effective way of controlling prisoners may have sprung out of the work of a philosopher named jeremy bentham. The penopticon is a building designed and laid out in a very clever way where a single guard or warden can see inside the cell of any prisoner they want,. But the prisoners can't know when they're being watched.