cell block
Inmates' housing unit
A cell block is a section of a prison containing a group of cells.
Large prisons are divided into multiple cell blocks, each housing inmates and functioning as a semi-autonomous unit with its own guards and routines: The riot started in cell block D.
Also spelled as one word: cellblock.
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- concrete wallsHardened mixture vertical structures
- inmateConfined facility resident
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- prisoninmate, jail, prison, prisoner, warden
- prisonsprison, inmates, prisons, prisoner, prison officers
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, captivity, dungeons
- secure placesprison, jail, vault, bank vault, fortress
- California PrisonsSan Quentin, Alcatraz, state prison, state prisons, correctional facilities
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, inmates, prisoners, detention center
cell blockopen range
Unfenced public grazing land
public square · freedom · free world · open air · town square
cell blockyard
Linear measure or grounds
exercise yard · prison yard · recreation yard · recreation area · courtyard
cell blockopen world
Nonlinear game environment
freedom · halfway house · parole · free society · civilian life