Here’s what really happened in 1971 that inspired Netflix’s Stanford Prison Experiment

Description: The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology’s most controversial studies, and some of the biggest concerns surrounding it, back into the spotlight.

Did the study reveal something fundamental about authority — or did the way it was conducted help produce the behaviors it became famous for? Close description