confinement
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Seven years later, Gonzales was transferred to Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit, then the most restrictive facility in California, where he was held in solitary confinement for about 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Tennyson’s father and two of his siblings had periods of confinement in medical clinics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
A BOP spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the bureau does not discuss conditions of confinement or security procedures and that employee standards of conduct prohibit staff from giving any prisoners preferential treatment.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
It was May 1999, and US Army sergeant Andrew Ramirez had been held captive for over a month by Yugoslav forces, enduring days of dark confinement and interrogations.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
For just as we, his American cousins, are threatened with Island confinement, military school is what's in store for Mundín should he step out of line.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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