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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Prosecutors ultimately dropped the case, and after spending three years in jail waiting to go to trial, much of them spent in solitary confinement, Browder took his own life in 2015.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Some prisons have sought to keep trans inmates separated from the general population by placing them in indefinite solitary confinement — conditions classified by the U.N. as torture — ostensibly for protection, or as a form of administrative segregation.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 24 Feb. 2025
At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...
—George Weigel, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
Long stretches of solitary confinement were the norm.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Some prisons have sought to keep trans inmates separated from the general population by placing them in indefinite solitary confinement — conditions classified by the U.N. as torture — ostensibly for protection, or as a form of administrative segregation.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 24 Feb. 2025
At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...
—George Weigel, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
Long stretches of solitary confinement were the norm.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for solitary confinement
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“Solitary confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solitary%20confinement. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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