Michel Foucault's essay, “Panopticism”, connects to the idea of ​​“policing oneself” or many call it panopticon. The panopticon is a circle-shaped prison with a guard tower in the center. The panopticon's main purpose was to monitor a large group of prisoners with only a few guards at the key point. From that key point, whatever the prisoners do, they can be monitored and would be constantly observed from the key point inside the tower. The layout of the panopticon is excellently crafted compared to the tower's large windows, which opened outward and kept each cell in 360-degree view. The cells were designed in such a way as to make it impossible for prisoners to look towards the center. In short, none of the prisoners could see into the tower. The layout of the cells ensured that the prisoner was under constant surveillance. This is the beauty of the panopticon that anyone can look at the cells from the tower but no prisoner can see the tower. Prisoners may feel as if someone is watching them and know that they are unable to escape his surveillance, but at the same time the guard in the tower may not be watching the prisoners. Just because inmates think someone is watching them, they will behave properly. The concept of the panopticon in the penal system, which has shown immediate success in reform and discipline, ultimately leads to it being linked to every component of modern society. Jeremy Bentham's panopticon and Foucault's concept of panopticism are present in many places today in our society. Everywhere you look you will surely find places like schools, hospitals, factories, kindergartens and even universities, which represent panopticism because all these places have some kind of surveillance …… middle of paper …… The concept of panopticon is sufficient in our society to ensure the discipline when he says: “A real subjection arises mechanically from a fictitious relationship. It is therefore not necessary to use force to compel the convict to behave in a good manner, the madman to calm down, the worker to work, the pupil to apply the rules, the sick person to observe the rules. Bentham was amazed that panoptic institutions could be so light: there were no more bars, no more chains, no more heavy locks” (Foucault 289). The one thing our society needs today to become a better place is the panopticon. This is exactly what Foucault means when he says that “panoptic institutions could be so light.” The people in our society are just like the prisoners in the panopticon. We think that someone is watching from the tower and we behave correctly similar to the example of traffic rules that I talked about.