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The prison was built in a 35-foot section of a basement corridor in the psychology building at Stanford University. It was partitioned by two fabricated walls, one of which was fitted with the only entrance door to the cell block; the other contained a small observation screen. Three small cells (6 × 9 feet) were made from converted laboratory rooms by replacing the usual doors with steel-barred doors painted black and removing all furniture. A cot (with mattress, sheet, and pillow) for each prisoner was the only furniture in the cells. A small closet across from the cells served as a solitary confinement facility; its dimensions were extremely small (2 × 2 × 7 feet), and it was unlit.

In addition, several rooms in an adjacent wing of the building were used as guards’ quarters (to change in and out of uniform or for rest and relaxation), a bedroom for the “warden” and “superintendent,” and an interview-testing room. Concealed video recording equipment was located in the testing room and behind the observation screen at one end of the “yard,” where there was also sufficient space for several observers.