This text examines the development of criminal punishment in the 18th century, focusing on the transition from physical, often brutal forms of punishment to a system based on incarceration and reformation. It explores how the reform movement sought to create a more humane and effective system of punishment, but ultimately the prison, with its emphasis on secrecy, control, and individual transformation, became the dominant model. The text contrasts this development with the "punitive city" model, which aimed to publicly display punishments as lessons for all citizens.