The prison, with its timetable and daily routine activities for delinquents, reflects in many ways the outside world. Not only are prisoners separated from one another in different cells, but they are also expected to labor. Their bodies are expected to “perform menial tasks”, and there exists a division of labor in the prison just as there would be in any other institution, in addition to “its own experts, hierarchies, ranks and network, and its own codes of conduct, protocols and procedures.” (Danaher, 2000) In many ways, the prison functions as a model of the of the outside modern world, where the individual is scrutinized, checked, and counted to the extent that even the possibility of being watched and monitored makes one subject to control.
References:
Danaher, G. (2000).Understanding Foucault. New York:Allen & Unwin.
Google Images, (2009). Retrieved July 9, 2009, from Google Image Search Web site: http://images.google.com.lb/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
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