(1) The panopticon , an 18 th-century prison design dominated by a central viewing tower, called for an elimination of privacy and constant surveillance of prisoners.(2) Initially, the panopticon was a model prison designed by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham.(3) Foucault's panopticon kept popping into my head, with the concentric circles of observation used for prisons and experiments.(4) Instead of the center being a site of viewing and a mastering gaze - as it would be in an actual panopticon - it was to be an open area that was seen from all the booths.(5) Modern prisons are modelled after John Stuart Mill's panopticon , and sentries can indeed see everything.
