It is now a part of many aspects of our lives, inflicted on us in many places. This insidious method has moved way beyond the bounds of the prison walls. And the fear of being constantly watched leads prisoners to self-regulate to behave in ways those in power approve of. Prisoners who were once executed are now far more likely to be monitored and controlled. Power is no longer exerted directly through violence.
He argues that prison both created and then became part of a bigger system of surveillance that extends throughout society.
Foucault does not believe that the modern-day system developed out of reformers' humanitarian concerns. How do those in power exercise that power over a state's citizens? French thinker Michel Foucault's 1975 work Discipline and Punish looks to answer this question by investigating the prison system.
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