... guard. There were 2 reserves and 1 person dropped out, which finally left 10 prisoners and 11 guards. The "prisoners" were unpredictably "arrested" at home. To go into the prison they had to go through a delousing process where they had to be searched, given a prison uniform with ID number, nylon stocking caps to make their hair appear short and an ankle chain. They where all in the prison 24 hours a day moreover the guards referred to the prisoners by number. The prisoners where authorized certain "rights" such as 3 supervised toilet trips and 2 hours for reading or letter writing. The guards had uniforms. This consisted of clubs, whistles, handcuffs and reflective sunglasses. Deindividuation was an important part of the procedure, encouraged for example by wearing uniforms. [Deindividuation is the effect of wearing uniforms that removes a person's sense of individuality. This also means that others treat that ...

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