solitary confinement
noun
: the state of being kept alone in a prison cell away from other prisoners
He spent three months in solitary confinement.
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The Black Caucus’s core reparation bills are still moving through the legislative process, including proposals to limit solitary confinement in prisons and jails and compensate Californians for land taken by eminent domain.
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Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
After Warnock was released from solitary confinement, he was sent to a more secure unit in the prison, the G Block.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
There is, for instance, a sequence in the first episode about the three years Newton spent in solitary confinement for a manslaughter conviction that was later overturned.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
The bid by military prosecutors to use the confessions has set off a prolonged fight as lawyers explore the years of torture and solitary confinement the defendants underwent before the F.B.I. talked to them.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2024
There was no pardon, but at one point in July 2020, Cohen was placed in solitary confinement by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for more than two weeks -- something Cohen claims was an act of retaliation by Trump.
—Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Williams, 24, was found dead inside his solitary confinement cell on the morning of Oct. 30, 2023.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
In this sense, lockdowns are a form of solitary confinement.
—Gabrielle Caplan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
In 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat his coffee and jailers responded by placing him in solitary confinement.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
After Warnock was released from solitary confinement, he was sent to a more secure unit in the prison, the G Block.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
There is, for instance, a sequence in the first episode about the three years Newton spent in solitary confinement for a manslaughter conviction that was later overturned.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
The bid by military prosecutors to use the confessions has set off a prolonged fight as lawyers explore the years of torture and solitary confinement the defendants underwent before the F.B.I. talked to them.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2024
There was no pardon, but at one point in July 2020, Cohen was placed in solitary confinement by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for more than two weeks -- something Cohen claims was an act of retaliation by Trump.
—Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Williams, 24, was found dead inside his solitary confinement cell on the morning of Oct. 30, 2023.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
In this sense, lockdowns are a form of solitary confinement.
—Gabrielle Caplan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
In 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat his coffee and jailers responded by placing him in solitary confinement.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Solitary confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solitary%20confinement. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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