The Stanford prison experiment was funded by an organization that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
==== Orientation ====The researchers held an orientation session for the guards the day before the experiment began, during which "guards" were instructed not to harm the prisoners physically or withhold food or drink, but to maintain law and order
:25=== Monday, August 16: Day 2 ===Guards referred to prisoners by their identification and confined them to their small cells

