confinement
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The footage, the lawsuit said, spans eight continuous hours, documenting Timberlake’s initial stop, the officer’s questioning, sobriety tests, the singer’s arrest and hours of his confinement over several hours.
From Los Angeles Times
While much has been written about China’s civilian fusion energy program, less is known about its military fusion programs, which are focused on inertial confinement fusion.
Tennyson’s father and two of his siblings had periods of confinement in medical clinics.
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
Yoon has been held in solitary confinement while fighting multiple criminal trials.
From Barron's
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