Jeremy Bentham’s ‘perfect’ prison | The Panopticon

A precise digital construction of Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison offers a subtle commentary on power and surveillance.

[abrahamgomez]

The Panopticon was the modern architect type of control. The prisoner is inside his cell feels that he his being watched. This is meant for him to control his behavior. The center of the Panopticon is a tower and like a eye it gazes at the all the prisoners correcting there behavior.

[CiofaliniUnited-siqj]

A visitor... Mmmm... Indeed. I have slept long enough. The kingdom of Heaven has long since forgotten my name, and I am EAGER to make them remember. However, the blood of Minos stains your hands, and I must admit, I'm curious about your skills, Weapon. And so, before I tear down the cities, and crush the armies of Heaven... you, shall do as an appetizer. Come forth, child of man, and DIE.

[AbqDez]

I imagine unless something is done with the sound design - even silence would be deafening.

however, if you replaced half the cells on each floor with interspaced community areas,

instead of a common room for all prisoners on a pod, you had multiple large community rooms accessed by no more than doz inmates you could provide facilities that might be difficult to maintain for larger groups. also, allowing variation in activities by rotation of prisoners. being able to offer a variation of environment could help prevent institutionalization.

[NTRNTY]

"THIS GUARD? TO WATCH ME!? "

[owenfowler-rzur]

lmao its funny to think of how humans started as hunter gathers just trying to eat and sleep and we domino affected in to whatever the fuck this is like how does this happen

[dreamofmaizie]

I was looking for the vocaloid song ☠️

[arandompersonontheinternet]

Ah yes, the perfect prison, safe and secure, a place that you can't escape.

I'm pretty sure whoever gets put here will regret every second of their life.

[Daniel-umy]

The bars at alcatraz were hollow containing a hardened steel bar that oscillated backwards and forwards. Prisoners at Alcatraz were more concerned with piranha attack than the daily clank of keys in keyholes as the antiquated mechanisms of correction gave way to a walled in euphoria.

[kaälidone]

It’s crazy, think this one is very familiar to me. Think a robot would fit inside here.

[p_]

I wish they'd explain how the prisoners can't see the guard; I can't get my head around it

[kingpietro]

Edouard Ducpétiaux changed this and made the prison in a star

[V_gamingorsmth]

This very same prison wouldn't be able to keep down Minos's and Sisyphus's willpower though.

[noah-ds]

I don't think this would make me want to be a better person when my sentence is done.

[snarflatful]

Nice vid, but what's with the bell?

[hecofemonetization]

the panopticon mean the eye that see everything

[MrSomethingElse]

fantastically informative and stunning visuals and narration. it's a pity it's so horrifying, is it true they actually built some of these?

[alakhdar]

The perfect prison with one loop hole, if all the prisoners at the same time assumed there is no guards to watch and moved in an organised manner, they'll escap so easly no matter the guards exist or not.

[kaikito]

buildings. Single, sound-proofed cells. A concrete slab to be utilised as a bed/ chair/ table. NO PERSONAL ITEMS ALOWED. A bucket for a toilet. And frosted tiles as windows. They would live in a state of lockdown 23/7. For an hour every day the prisoner ( who at NO TIME has any physical, let alone visual, contact with other prisoners) has an hour out of their cell. The hour is cut into two halves: 30 minutes for emptying and cleaning the bucket as well as collecting food and drink for the next 24 hours. The remaining 30 minutes is for a choice of either physical activity or a shower. No visits during the whole of their sentence - cutting-out a lot of problems. No work. No laundry- prison uniforms are the paper ones used by the building industry. No phone calls whatsoever. No mail, either. See, I learnt that the average prisoner hates isolation; hates their own company. So there is the real-and-just punishment: isolation. Making them know how it would actually feel if the proverbial ' key ' had been thrown away .

[NoOne-tgtk]

China US made it happen with Smart phones