Auburn-model prisons enforced isolation plus hierarchical vertical communication
Evidence
The Auburn model prescribed the individual cell during the night, work and meals in common, but under the rule of absolute silence, the convicts being allowed to speak only to the warders, with their permission and in a low voice. It was a clear reference to the monastic model; a reference, too, to the discipline of the workshop. The prison must be the microcosm of a perfect society in which individuals are isolated in their moral existence, but in which they come together in a strict hierarchical framework, with no lateral relation, communication being possible only in a vertical direction. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 365
Categorization
- XREF: The vertical-only, no-lateral-communication structure parallels the panopticon’s one-way visibility hierarchy; connects to the reader’s Bentham/Foucault thesis about surveillance producing conformity. — connects to: Partitioned cellular space lets authority track, assess, and control each individual continuously — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 221; All prison-model disputes shared the goal of coercive individualization — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 367
- DEFINE: Defines the Auburn model’s core mechanism: isolation in moral existence plus hierarchical assembly without lateral relation.
Related
- All prison-model disputes shared the goal of coercive individualization (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Partitioned cellular space lets authority track, assess, and control each individual continuously
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 221 - All prison-model disputes shared the goal of coercive individualization
#corroborates(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 367