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Inside ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment,’ Netflix’s Controversial Reality Series: ‘People Are Going to Have Very Strong Feelings’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety · October 18, 2026 at 11:05 AM

Inside ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment,’ Netflix’s Controversial Reality Series: ‘People Are Going to Have Very Strong Feelings’ (EXCLUSIVE)

It is one of the most notorious social experiments ever conducted, inspiring numerous films, documentaries and psychological studies.

In August of 1971, Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo recruited 24 male college students to participate in a study — funded by the U.S.

Office of Naval Research — about antisocial behavior and the effects of imprisonment. […]

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Inside ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment,’ Netflix’s Controversial Reality Series: ‘People Are Going to Have Very Strong Feelings’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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