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How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked

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The Prisoner of the Uprising

Prisoners were made to memorize everyone else's prison number. If they didn't do it fast enough and then in reverse order, they would get punishment. The guards also innovated the carrots here or there too. They actually made one cell like a good cell. And if you were in that cell, you were eligible for like good meals.

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