State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USA
Aerial view of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham. Cells are arranged around each block's circular perimeter, with an observation point placed at the centre
Picture No
10424924
Media ID
47526604
Size
4920px x 3140px
(7.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee
Date
mid 20th century
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