these facilities, supermax prisons, were originally designed to contain and control the worst criminals and those who did not adhere to the rules of prisons, aka "the worst of the worst". as of 2001, the count of inmates in administrative segregation in california was 5,982 representing an 80.2% change over time, but this number is not quite correct due to deficient files provided. increasingly, the practice of using solitary confinement long term, instead of the intended three-month period, in the supermax prisons as inmate management has become the norm. the selected inmates, who wear jumpsuits that differentiate them from the general population, will spend around 23 hours a day alone in a cell where they are offered very little and fully monitored as is procedure at pelican bay state prison which is one of the largest supermax prisons in the united states. in order to be sent to pelican bay, the inmate has either committed murder, assault, riots, threatening staff or fellow inmates, and even gang affiliation which must be validated by the prison staff.