Netflix has expanded the perimeters of reality TV: bringing us formats like Love Is Blind , where contestants agree to marry someone without seeing their appearance, as well as Squid Game: The Challenge , which re-stages some of the games from the iconic international hit drama Squid Game .

Now, the streaming platform is back at it, with a new show called The New Stanford Prison Experiment : an unscripted, six-episode series which reimagines a notorious 1971 experiment.

It's worth noting that when the show was announced, it drew controversy. “When the show was first announced, there was a lot of outrage that anyone would even attempt the Stanford Prison Experiment again,” executive producer Jane Lipsitz told Netflix’s Tudum .

But what is the show about?…