May humanize prisoners in the eyes of their supervisor.
Explanation:
Focusing on rigid regulation and improved punishment results in a strained correctional environment in supermax prisons, one which is devoid of any communication between officers and prisoners that may humanize prisoners in the eyes of their supervisor (or vice versa).
The lack of humanizing interactions, in effect, causes most officers to participate in unethical behavior that they may not dare to participate in other prison areas (a point mentioned in greater detail later in the section "Adding to the Violence Cycle").
However, inmates have convicted officers of setting up smuggling in cell searches, specifically threatening inmates to set them apart emotionally and engaged in open abuses, including beatings of inmates.