Prison design that allows one guard to keep watch on all the inmates Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
2. an area where everything is visible

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PRISON (noun)
1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
DESIGN (noun)
1. something intended as a guide for making something else
2. a decorative or artistic work
DESIGN (verb)
1. make or work out a plan for; devise
2. make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form

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