Compare And Contrast Abu Ghirab And Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment and the Abu Ghirab stories are both similar and yet different. The forms of abuse experienced in both cases were unimaginable and dehumanizing. No one should have to experience these kinds of treatment at any time in their lives. In both stories, persons experienced forms of psychological, emotional, verbal, physical, and many other forms of abuse. These individuals were dehumanized, tortured, humiliated, pressured, suffered aggression, harassed and coerced. They were forced to live in environments that were not conducive to their health and well-being. For example, in the Stanford experiment the men were forced to defecate in a bucket that will be left in their cells for many days. What a tragedy that can toxify their systems. Also, in the Abu Ghirab the inmates were …show more content…
The level of suffering that befall the inmates at Abu Ghirab was beyond normal. They had a mixture of men, women and children which was no comparison to Stanford experiment since they only had men. Abu Ghirab situation was bloody, deadly, men, women and children were raped, sodomized, murdered, urinated on, shot at, interrogated, bitten by venomous snakes, dragged by their private part (men), sleep deprived and all sorts of inhumane acts. Added to these acts Greenberg (2014) gave an account that said, “While American servicemen and women smiled and gave thumbs up, naked men were threatened by dogs, or were hooded, forced into sexual positions, and placed standing with wires attached to their bodies, or left bleeding on prison floors.” (p.1). These and other sufferings the inmates endured and because of the severity of their wounds many died in the process. I cannot begin to imagine the psychological trauma that has befallen these inmates. Notwithstanding, there were young boys in there who experienced the same