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How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked

Stuff You Should Know

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The South Dakota Stories, Volume 1

All prisoners, no guards left the experiment. Five people were released early before the whole experiment was called off. The idea that up to this point, these people had engaged in this fantasy and thought that they couldn't leave when they really could is controversial in and of itself.

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