Topic > Torture and punishment: inhumane and punishment

For example, disciplinary punishment is used to review our actions by engaging in personal change and training According to Foucault (1995), “The mechanisms of training are to punish. Punishing is exercising because it produces a change and corrects a mistake" (180). Disciplinary power has created a control mechanism in institutions and can punish and reward hierarchically. Sanctions serve to normalize behavior. For example, at school children are rewarded for their hard work and are disciplined. They are sanctions when children don't do their homework. Students are able to learn from penalties by completing all activities