The new six-episode series will draw on the controversial study about power dynamics in a prison environment.

Participants will "enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners," a synopsis said.

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There’s a moment early on in the new documentary The Great Experiment where the camera lingers on several people asleep on a bus. It feels at once nostalgic and quietly unsettling—peaceful, but also ...

Netflix is ringing in America's 250th anniversary with a new documentary by Brian Knappenberger. The streamer will premiere a five-part documentary about the founding and future of democracy in the ...

A new movie about the Stanford Prison Experiment opens tonight, based on the famous experiment run by psychologist Philip Zimbardo. In 1971, Zimbardo set up a mock prison in a basement of the Stanford ...

Netflix is set to release an intriguing documentary series next month titled Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, which will take a closer look at Sheriff Eric Higgins’ idea to improve the lives of ...