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SINGAPORE – The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) will give its quarterly newsletter a “more appropriate name” after some people took issue with what it is called currently – Panopticon.
Several netizens and academics had noted that the current name refers to the panopticon concept.
Introduced by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, it is based on the belief that society can be changed through constant surveillance with people regulating their behaviour out of fear.
A spokesman for SPS acknowledged that the term “could be misconstrued, and convey an unintended and wrong imagery”.
SPS intended for the magazine to refer to an infrastructure and management design that allows inmates to be effectively and efficiently supervised, said the spokesman, noting that the newsletter has been named Panopticon since 2009.
The newsletter was made available to the public only in July this year and is on the SPS’ website.
“The features of the Panopticon are seen in many modern prisons today, and the name is consistent with SPS’ mission to ensure the secure custody of offenders, while at the same time rehabilitating them,” said the spokesman.
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