Ideology

being watched and the higher power: 

why do we behave:
we behave because we believe that if we do something wrong there will be consequences ether physical or mental, before the days or policing if you did something wrong it was the right of the person you had wronged to get revenge. (eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth) this kind of system worked to an existent as every bad action would have a consequence however this form of law ended in some case with cycles or revenge and feuds.

not all forms of control are physical for example religion, religion says that bad acts done while in this life will be punished in the after life, again this is another mention of pain or suffering in response to an negative act on your behalf.

the two examples above are both negative reinforcement, this means for every bad action you undertake there will be a punishment rather than a reward for choosing to act as society wants you to act (positive reinforcement)

does it work:
yes to a certain existent however just because you threaten someone with punishment doesn't mean they will behave 100% of the time, some people see this kind of system oppressive an try to fight back against it.

pentagonal prison:
design of the prison:
the design of this prison has the cells of the prison in a pentagonal formation around a central guard tower, this way all prisoners could be being watched at all times and there are no blind slots for the guards to over look.
the idea behind the pentagonal prison is that the prisoners do not know when they are being observed and this forces them to behave as society wants all the time, this enforces the prisons fear of getting caught doing something they could get punished for however if they don't get caught or punished after committing a act this will enforce the fact they are not being watched all the time.

in my opinion there are pros and cons to this system and you can never stop humans doing things that the dominate society doesn't agree with as if that happened nothing would ever change.