What is freedom? Is it when you have rights written by law that you are entitled to? Is it being able to do what you want when you want? Is it freedom from desire as discussed by Irigaray or is it freedom from a kind of individuality? All of these might be right in one way but wrong in another. Michel Foucault discussed the idea of ​​having very limited freedom due to the social structures present in humanity. In the book “Discipline and Punishment” he examines the different existing structures that contribute to punishment and limit freedom. He also discusses the different types of power in the modern world and how they contrast with the traditional power of the past: “It was a time of great 'scandals' for traditional justice, a time of innumerable reform projects. He saw a new theory of law and crime, a new moral or political justification for punishing; the old laws were abolished, the old customs became extinct” (Foucault, p. 7). According to Foucault the main denial of freedom is prison, the idea of ​​​​punishing the soul and denying access to the outside world, the reasons for this conclusion are as follows. Physical punishments were the concentration of consequences that one had to endure when a law was ignored by a citizen. Foucault describes a public execution that took place in March 1757: “This last operation was very long because the horses used were not used to drawing; consequently, instead of four, six were needed; and when this was not enough, they were forced, in order to cut off the thighs of the unfortunate man, to cut the nerves and cut the joints...” (Foucault 3). This particular idea is quite gruesome, the idea of ​​being drawn and quartered multiply times only to fail and have t...... middle of paper ......or death in the most painful way imaginable. Some forms included being drawn and quartered, being tortured in the harshest forms, having the skin peeled off the body using hot forceps, and many other gruesome ways as Foucault mentions. As humanity evolved, the idea of ​​justice entered the authorities' decisions when it came to punishment, and more humane ways of punishment were devised. On this concept it was and still is known as prison. Prison, according to Foucault, is the maximum restriction that can be imposed on the freedom of the individual. Foucault explores the restriction of freedom through prison as well as the contrast between physical punishment and human punishment and how both have their own prison-like bars. In conclusion, I found that Foucault came to the correct conclusion that prison is the greatest limitation of the individual's freedom.