http://www.prisonexp.org/
They did a study at Stanford and had to end it 8 days early because the "gaurds" began to abuse their power.
Even to the point of sexual degredation.
Quote:
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.
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