What humanity learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment
THE STUDY AIMED TO DISCOVER GUARD BRUTALITY REPORTED IN AMERICAN PRISONS HAD TO DO WITH THEIR SADISTIC NATURES, OR THE PRISON ENVIRONMENT. THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT ENDED AFTER 6 DAYS, WHEN GUARDS BEGAN TO ABUSE PRISONERS, AND PRISONERS BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MENTAL BREAKDOWNS. It was 46 years ago that psychologist Philp Zimbardo conducted one of