Stateville

Japanese: Stateville
Stateville

…Bentham's panopticon was conceived as the most efficient, so-called modern, facility for prisoners to spend a certain period of time in. However, his proposal was not implemented in his native England, but rather influenced other countries, and its appearance can be seen in Breda Prison in the Netherlands and Stateville Prison near Joliet, Illinois in the United States. However, the idea of ​​the panopticon, which allows the actions of many people to be monitored from a single point, is not limited to prisons, and modern facilities have such a surveillance structure. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Stateville" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ベンサムのパノプティコンは,囚人たちが一定期間そこで過ごすためのもっとも効率よい,いわば近代的な施設として考案されたわけである。しかし,彼の提案は本国イギリスでは実施に移されず,むしろ外国に影響を与え,オランダのブレダ監獄,アメリカ,イリノイ州ジョリエットJoliet近郊のステートビルStateville監獄などにその姿を認めることができる。 もっとも,多くの人々の行為を一点から監視できるというパノプティコンの考え方は,監獄に限られたわけではなく,近代的な諸施設がそうした監視の構造を有している。…

※「Stateville」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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