solitary confinement
- The isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell, often as a disciplinary measure, but sometimes for the inmate's protection or to prevent disruption
- After the riot, the instigators were placed in solitary confinement.
- Due to his repeated misconduct, he was sentenced to two weeks of solitary confinement.
- To protect him from threats, the jail authorities kept the notably controversial inmate in solitary confinement.
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