Hawes spoke with women who had been placed in solitary confinement for a range of infractions, including singing at the wrong time, eating someone else’s piece of cake, or violating the prison’s no-touch policy. The women at Shakopee were not allowed to hug, give one another high fives, link feet below a table, or braid one another’s hair. Naomi said that in the courtyard, on sunny days, she and other women would manipulate their shadows so that they could have the illusion of hugging without breaking the rules.
