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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The Rally called to end the emergency, and was swiftly punished; one of the coalition leaders spent eighteen years in solitary confinement. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 Yoon was arrested in a major law enforcement operation at his presidential compound on January 15, and has been held in solitary confinement since then. —

Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 Yoon, a former prosecutor himself, has been held in solitary confinement since then, according to Reuters. —

Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025 Those charges, brought in September 2024, include accusations of kidnapping, arson, forced labor and obstruction of justice and have Combs sitting in solitary confinement in a Brooklyn detention center without bail. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for solitary confinement

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