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panopticon  

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  • Jeremy Bentham's design for a prison that maximized the surveillance of the inmates and minimized the number of warders. The circular building had a central column from which the guard could see into each cell without the prisoner knowing whether or not they were being observed. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Panopticon]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T5LCS5LN-Z

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