Prisons: from public torture to subtle control
Michel Foucault's *Discipline and Punish* explores how prisons evolved from public torture into subtle instruments of societal control, shaping individuals through constant surveillance and normalization.
Michel Foucault's 1975 book, *Discipline and Punish*, reveals how punishment transformed from brutal public spectacles, like 18th-century dismemberments, to the modern prison's regimented routines. He argues this shift wasn't just about being humane; it was about power becoming more insidious.
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