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Would you rather be a guard or a prisoner?

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Hey, how many of you guys ever heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment? This really happened back in the early 1970s, and I remember it being covered in a psychology class I took in college. The experiment was aborted because it got too intense. Now, there is a new movie coming out about it. Here’s the trailer:

 

In my own personal view, this experiment was conducted very poorly and the professor in charge of the whole thing was really a kook, but I’m definitely going to see this when it comes out.

This was also documented quite extensively in this BBC documentary, and on the Stanford Instructional Television Network.

There was also a fictional movie on the same theme, called Das Experiment.

 

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Corruption Officer

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In addition to watching all the reality TV programs on life behind bars, such as “Lockup” on MSNBC, “Lockdown” on the Discovery Channel, “Jail” on the American Heroes network, not to mention “Alaska State Troopers,” “Cops” and “Locked Up Abroad,” among many others, I also like to read books about what it is like on the inside.

One such book that I could not put down recently is called ‘Corruption Officer,’ about a NYC corrections officer at Rikers Island, who turned corrupt, and ended up doing time himself!

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It was horrifying, reading his tell-all account. It makes one thing VERY clear: Don’t ever even THINK about getting locked up for real. You will definitely regret it. It’s worth a read if you don’t believe me.

(My only complaint about the book is its cover picture. I don’t know why they would have him wearing leg irons on his wrists. Weird.)