" Solitary confinement is presented in our country as a means of dealing with violence, of attempting to protect correctional officers and the general prison population from dangerous inmates. But the stated purpose plainly differs from the reality. While major infractions in jails and prisons routinely lead to administrative segregation, the accumulation of multiple minor violations can also result in solitary confinement, or an extension of a person’s time therein. Of the 13,000 times that detainees are sent to disciplinary segregation in the state of New York each year, for example, roughly 85 percent are punishments for nonviolent infractions. "

― Christine Montross , Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration