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solitary confinement

noun as in confinement in isolation

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He was jailed for his role in them, and placed in solitary confinement.

From BBC

In the early years, he said, he acted up, raking up disciplinary infractions that landed him in solitary confinement.

They have also lobbied against legislation to limit the use of solitary confinement and grant inmates more visiting rights.

Stewart said she was dragged into solitary confinement for touching an officer.

From Salon

"They're killing him softly in solitary confinement in this death cell," she told the BBC in July 2023, after he had been allowed to call his family for the first time in two years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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