Strait-Jacket
Asylum escape challenge
A strait-jacket is a garment with long sleeves that cross and tie behind the back, used to restrain violent or agitated people in psychiatric settings.
The strait- comes from an old sense meaning tight or narrow, not the water passage.
Figuratively, anything that severely restricts freedom or movement: The regulations were a strait-jacket on innovation.
Also spelled straitjacket.
Bound on extent
- rigidityState of being unbending
- conformityAdherence to norms
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
suffocating · trapped · dogma · orthodoxy · bureaucracy · inflexibility · narrow · confining
Shelter from persecution
- padded cellFoam-lined isolation chamber
- bucklesStrap-fastening devices
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- sleevesGarment's arm portions
confinement · psychiatric · institution · Houdini · escape artist · struggle · binding · immobilization
Extreme fear or disgust
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- 1964Mid-sixties year
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- asylumShelter from persecution
Crawford · institutionalized · psychological · suspense · madness · murder · revenge · commitment
limitation
Bound on extent
- rigidityState of being unbending
- conformityAdherence to norms
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
stifling · suffocating · trapped · dogma · orthodoxy · bureaucracy · inflexibility · narrow · confining · ideology
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- padded cellFoam-lined isolation chamber
- bucklesStrap-fastening devices
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
sleeves · confinement · psychiatric · institution · Houdini · escape artist · struggle · binding · immobilization · ward
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
Crawford · asylum · institutionalized · psychological · suspense · madness · murder · revenge · commitment · wrongful
- HagsploitationThe Nanny, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
Strait-Jacketfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
unrestrained · unbound · unfettered · loose clothing · liberation
Strait-Jacketfreedom
Absence of constraint
creative freedom · free rein · carte blanche · flexibility · autonomy
Strait-Jacketcompassionate care
Support given with empathy
talk therapy · patient-centered care · humane treatment · community care · outpatient treatment