In the correctional system in the United States, inmates are assigned to prisons based on a classifications systems that examines the inmate’s likelihood of attempting to escape, assaults on other inmates or correctional staff, and the likelihood of committing other infractions, such as possessing contraband. Typically, most inmates are placed in general population with minimal security measures. However, there is a population of inmates that are very dangerous that must be assigned to a special control unit informally as a maximum security, the hole, and the administrative segregation known as the “supermax.” Historically, the supermax prisons were created in response to prison systems that were viewed as unmanageable due to the amount of
