Overview
- Variety reported that Netflix has commissioned the unscripted series titled The New Stanford Prison Experiment and that the first season will run six 45-minute episodes.
- The official synopsis says 30 willing participants will enter a real prison and be randomly assigned as guards or prisoners to test how power and role assignment shape behavior.
- The show is produced by Alfred Street Industries with Jane Lipsitz, Dan Cutforth, Nan Strait, Dan Volpe, Jeff Grogan, and Mike Odair listed as executive producers in reports.
- Reports from Variety, Mediaite and Dark Horizons say the series is scheduled to premiere on Oct. 21.
- Coverage places the project beside the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, which ended after six days because assigned guards abused prisoners, and notes that current reporting does not specify what ethical safeguards or participant protections the production will use.