The Prison System

[mendhak]

http://www.prisonexp.org/

This website has a slideshow with details regarding an experiment conducted in the '70s by Stanford U.

Welcome to the Stanford Prison Experiment web site, which features an extensive slide show and information about this classic psychology experiment. What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.

How we went about testing these questions and what we found may astound you. Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress. Please join me on a slide tour of describing this experiment and uncovering what it tells us about the nature of Human Nature.

And it's worth a read.

[Cander]

Hmm, lets stick people behind cold steel, with no privacy, limited aminities, a crappy bed, and see what happens. Oh my god they get depressed!!! D'UH!

Now the guards beoming Sadisitc is intersting because it shows how power corrupts. But the inmates doesnt prove anything about evil in an evil place. Its all about how the mind reacts to your surroundigs. Doesnt matter if it was considered an evil place. Its a small room, no privacy, bad living conditions all together and it would take a strong will, not humanity, to overcome the stress of bad living conditions.

[powdir]

Originally posted by Cander
Hmm, lets stick people behind cold steel, with no privacy, limited aminities, a crappy bed, and see what happens. Oh my god they get depressed!!! D'UH!

no...they get HORNY

http://www.jailbabes.com/

[mendhak]

Some people like to attribute this to a flaw with the prison system, I like to look at it as a flaw with the mentality of humans, in conjunction with society.

What do you think?

http://www.jailbabes.com/

Is this for real? :rubbing-hands-with-glee:

[powdir]

Is this for real? :rubbing-hands-with-glee:

THINK it might just be...

[Para80d]

heh, i've seen this before.. looks like the next 30 minutes of my night are gonna be spent "alone"