SOC301H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stateville Correctional Center, Auburn System, Kingston Penitentiary
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Early imprisonment: it was not meant to punish but cause the guilty person pain; usually done through whipping. They wanted to con ne the individuals until the punishment was carried out (con nement, in other words, was only done to await their painful punishment) The 19th century prisons were constructed to house inmates in order to deter individuals from committing crime. This design was also used as a way to save money as well. His philosophy was that if the prisoners couldn"t see anything but was watched very easily by guards, it would prevent crime and violence in the prison. While he designed this, he never actually lived to see his design implemented. The modelo complex was implemented 100 years after bentham died which was the closest thing to his design (the panopticon); but this was not the rst institution to implement part of bentham"s design to their institution. The rst was stateville correctional center in illinois (1920"s-2016).