Synthesized answer
The provided passages suggest that the practical implications of reforms like the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary are a shift in the focus of punishment. This shift moves from the prisoner's body to their soul [1].
Therefore, the practical implication is that punishment is no longer primarily concerned with inflicting pain or marking the physical body, but rather with affecting the inner being of the prisoner [1]. The passages do not provide further details on what this "shift to the soul" entails in practice.
Synthesized from the book passages below. Chat with the book on Feynman for follow-up.
From the book
Title: Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Description: A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul. Categories: Social Science Pages: 354 Snippet: In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the…