As a correctional officer, it is crucial not to give away to an inmate that you may be nervous or scared of a situation. As Conover states, keys were power (Conover, 2001, 80). A key gave one responsibility and the ability to take charge (Conover, 2001, 80). Keys can be crucial to a situation and needed to act fast. In a situation that Conover was in, he had misplaced the set of keys when they were needed (Conover, 2001, 82). Conover states the darkest part of the prison is the Special Housing Unit, shoe, or in other words the box (Conover 2001, 126). He makes the claim that in the box is where the most testosterone is found in that, solitary confinement can be used for multiple purposes; protection and punishment (Conover, 2001, 127). Bluntly,
