That could all be part of the experiment, if they were gauging how quickly people will readjust and settle when they're foricbly taken from their environment. If it were a typical prison, with cells and such, people would resist the adjustment for a lot longer.
[A pause.]
But I'm taking the place at its word, for now. There's not enough proof for a theory like that, even if it is possible. [He's heard of worse. Hell, he's been through worse.]