cell blocks
Jail housing units
Cell blocks are sections of a prison containing rows of cells.
Large prisons divide inmates into separate blocks for security and administration: The violent offenders were housed in a different cell block.
Sometimes written as one word: cellblock.
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- tierHorizontal structural layer
- detentionTemporary official holding
penitentiary · clanging · guard · catwalks · solitary · gate · steel · guard towers · lights out · concrete · maximum security · panopticon · warden · corridor · prison yard · bunks · confinement · hard time
- prisoninmate, jail, prison, prisoner, warden
- prisonsprison, inmates, prisons, prisoner, prison officers
- Incarcerationprison conditions, prison guards, prison labor, prison reform, prison riots
- California PrisonsSan Quentin, Alcatraz, state prison, state prisons, correctional facilities
- police stationspolice station, station house, precinct, headquarters, cop shop
- Supermax Prisonssolitary confinement, maximum security, lockdown, death row, guard towers
cell blocksopen spaces
Unoccupied expanses or gaps
freedom · free world · public squares · liberty · streets
cell blockssingle-family homes
Standalone dwellings for one household
luxury apartments · penthouses · mansions · condominiums · vacation homes
cell blocksopen floor plans
Connected rooms, no dividers
common areas · atriums · plazas · courtyards · dormitories