Note: I found your post on Foucault, Brendan!
metamorphosis– Foucault is detailing the complete change of the punitive systems in place. The spectacle of public executions are a thing of the past as well as the intense physical pain that used to be inflicted. Now there is a much larger focus on the role of torturing someone’s soul rather than their body. The new process of punishment also encourages personal change within the criminal. the nature of punishment takes a new form following the early nineteenth century.
diagnostic– within the new punitive system judges begin to take into account more than simply the criminal act preformed. Instead crimes are now placed in context and evaluated on a case by case basis where the best interest of society and the rehabilitational prospects of the criminal are taken into account. Things such as mental capacity, stability now factor into how a criminal is dealt with.
deprived– physical pain is not the best medicine for a criminal any longer, now the mind is the target. By stripping criminals of what they believe are they basic human rights, the criminal’s soul is left in turmoil to anguish over what they have done to get them where they are. The public is also deprived because they are no longer privy to the gory details of public execution. Instead of bearing witness, they are left with the thought of an inevitable punishment, that awaits the sentenced person.