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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Mangione is being held on his own in a small cell, but is not in solitary confinement, Maria Bivens, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, told Newsweek on Friday. —

Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 Though Mangione is not being held in solitary confinement, his interactions with other prisoners have been limited, TMZ reported. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024 During his imprisonment, the teenager says he was put in solitary confinement, endured physical abuse and brutal prison conditions. —

Anna Chernova, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024 The latest incarceration by the authorities in Tehran came after Salehi revealed in a video that he had been tortured and placed in solitary confinement for 252 days. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for solitary confinement

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