The rise of imprisonment was historically novel, not a natural succession.

Evidence

But if this colonization of the penalty by the prison is surprising, it is because imprisonment was not, as one might imagine, a punishment that was already securely established in the penal system, just below the death penalty, and which naturally occupied the place left vacant by the disappearance of public torture. … In fact, imprisonment – and on this point many countries were in the same situation as France – had only a limited and marginal position in the system of penalties. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 191

Categorization

• XREF: Parallel to panopticism’s own novelty: just as prison was not awaiting the death of torture, the panopticon was not awaiting the death of other modes of power — both represent breaks, not continuities. — connects to: Modern universal imprisonment was not the reformers’ original design — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 187; Imprisonment became the primary punishment because it suited capitalist bourgeois ideology, not superior merit. — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 107; The high prevalence of corporal punishment in Africa is historically contingent, not fixed destiny. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4813 (+1 more)

Related

• Modern universal imprisonment was not the reformers’ original design (similarity 0.84)
• The rise of the prison institutionalized the power to punish (similarity 0.81)
• The prison was originally embraced as a humane replacement for capital and corporal punishment. (similarity 0.81)
• The birth of the prison is analyzed only within the French penal system. (similarity 0.80)
• Imprisonment’s rapid acceptance is poorly explained by the prestige of reform models alone (similarity 0.79)
• European and American punishment was entirely reorganized in less than a century (similarity 0.79)
• Imprisonment became the primary punishment because it suited capitalist bourgeois ideology, not superior merit. (similarity 0.79)
• Imprisonment emerged with capitalism’s need for disciplined manpower (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The high prevalence of corporal punishment in Africa is historically contingent, not fixed destiny. #corroborates (0.82) — , The Rod and the Child, 4813
• Imprisonment became the primary punishment because it suited capitalist bourgeois ideology, not superior merit. #qualifies (0.78) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 107
• Penal reform arose from a policy shift, not new humanitarian feeling #corroborates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 137