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The Truth About Netflix’s New Stanford Prison Experiment
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Power trips. Riot drills. Cast members quitting midway through. It’s all happening on Netflix’s hit reality show, The New Stanford Prison Experiment, based on Philip Zimbardo’s notorious 1971 study. Eliza Orlins (15 years as a Manhattan public defender) and Thea Johnson (criminal law professor) watched so you don’t have to, and they’re asking: is it really an experiment? What does the power dynamic between guards and incarcerated people look like in a real prison? And what are the ethics of reality TV, from Love is Blind to the Bachelor? Spoiler Warning: This episode contains spoilers for The New Stanford Prison Experiment. Got a legal question? Submit it at speakpipe.com/criminallyonline…