Definitions for solitary confinement
soli·tary con·fine·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. solitary confinement, solitarynoun

   confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

   "he was held in solitary"

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1. solitary confinementnoun

   Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons.

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1. solitary confinement

   Solitary confinement is a punishment or special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons.

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1. Solitary confinement

   Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner and has been cited as an additional measure of protection from the inmate or is given for violations of prison regulations. It is also used as a form of protective custody and to implement a suicide watch. Solitary confinement is colloquially referred to in American English as "the hotbox", "the hole", "lockdown", "SCU", "AdSeg", the "SHU" —an acronym for security housing unit, or "the pound"; and in British English as "the block" or "the cooler". In Canada they are known as a Special Handling Unit.

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1. solitary confinement

   Read the full text of the Solitary Confinement poem by Frederick William (FW) Harvey on the Poetry.com website.

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1. • Confinement

How to pronounce solitary confinement?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of solitary confinement in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of solitary confinement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of solitary confinement in a Sentence

1. Michael Douglas:

   I believe the moment where I started to change direction was when I was given my second sentence, iwas in solitary confinement and I felt something cracking or breaking inside of me.

2. Daniela Tejada:

   Matt was held in an undisclosed location in solitary confinement for over five months, with no charge, no lawyer and very limited consular access.

3. Carl Mueller:

   She was held in many prisons, she was held in solitary confinement. She was tortured. She was intimidated. She was ultimately raped by al-Baghdadi himself. The Obama administration was criticized over a reported 2015 rescue mission that targetedfour prisoners heldat a makeshift ISIS prison. By the time U.S. commandos stormed the compound, the hostages were already gone. Some relatives and people who worked on the raid blamed the White House for not acting swiftly enough on giving the mission a green light. Specific intelligence had emerged in late Mayproviding officials with the hostages likely location -- including a building, sources told Fox News at the time. The intelligence was described as being.

4. Dana Lawhorne:

   Our facility does not have' solitary confinement' and inmates housed in administrative segregation for safety and security reasons still have access to social visits, books, recreation, and break time outside their cells.

5. Jeff Dumas:

   It's a bargaining chip for him now, within the department, he's going to be locked into a cell, 23 out of 24 hours a day, in solitary confinement. ... He's going to try to use that chip with New York state so he isn't locked into 23 out of 24 (hours) for an extended period of time.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=solitary confinement
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Solitary_Confinement
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_Confinement
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=solitary confinement