Foucault claims
that there is a reluctance to be rid of in the prison because he believes that the
prison systems are a discipline that was developed in the eighteen and nineteen
century because of the economic problems. Illegalities mixed itself with the
relations between the social classes. This led to a conflict between the upper
and lower orders which led the administrators in the society to turn the
problems of illegality into the concept of a criminal underclass. The lower
order was a very large group so this brought problems. There was no other solution
but the delinquency, creating a sub-class it would be easier to identify the delinquent
and control them by using the same techniques from the other society and the
problem would be resolved. The carceral system is a very powerful system but in
other ways it can be extremely dangerous, but Foucault still believes that one
day it can change.
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