Prisoners can be placed in solitary confinement for many reasons, from serious violations, such as fighting with another inmate, to insignificant ones, like talking back to a correctional officer or getting caught with cell phone. Convicts can be also thrown in solitary confinement for not doing anything wrong at all. Other times, prisoners are thrown into solitary confinement for not breaking any rules at all. Some prisons utilizes solitary confinement as a way to manage gangs, isolating people for simply talking to a suspected gang member or being a target of a
