Participants
There will be a total of 30 male subjects between the ages of 21 years old and 35 …show more content…
The subjects will be broken down into three groups of ten with each group containing individuals from each economic class. The controlled group of individuals will spend seven days in the simulated general population prison. They will be fed three times a day, entitled to television time, one phone call every two days and yard time. The remaining two groups will be the experimental group. Both experimental group A and B will start out in solitary confinement from the moment they arrive at the site. They will be confined to their cells twenty-three of the twenty-four hours of the day and given thirty minutes of yard time and thirty minutes of shower time with no interaction with the guards or any other inmates. They will not be allowed to make a phone call nor will they be allowed any television time. Their cell will consist of no windows, a door, a toilet and no personal