Panopticon n. : A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

Panopticon n. : A room for the exhibition of novelties.

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prison, Panopticon prison, design, Bentham, cells, panoptic, prisoners, Jeremy Bentham, observation, Writings, the prisoners, free encyclopedia, surveillance, pods, correctional officer, society, prison design, main character.

Defination from the web:
Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in 1785. ... a critique of the Panopticon prison system during the Siberian segment of Nights at the Circus. John Twelve Hawks writes about panopticon as a model for society ...