The Court did not find it necessary to define what the "ordinary incidents" of prison life were, vis-à-vis confinement in Supermax conditions, for "assignment to OSP imposes an atypical and significant hardship under any plausible baseline."
The Court did not see fit to specify what constitutes the "usual hardships" of prison life when inmates are confined in Supermax settings, as assigning them to OSP imposes a substantial and atypical burden, which is independent of any baseline or standard.