exercise yard
Inmates' outdoor area
An exercise yard is an outdoor area, typically enclosed, where people or animals can move around and get physical activity.
The term most often appears in the context of prisons, where inmates are allowed time in the exercise yard for fresh air and recreation.
It also applies to kennels, zoos, and other facilities where confined animals need space to move.
The prisoners were let out into the exercise yard for an hour each afternoon.
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- rec timeScheduled leisure interval
fenced · concrete · guards · pacing · pushups · basketball · barbed wire · patrol · outdoor · walking · confined · penitentiary · correctional facility · maximum security · workout · fresh air · perimeter · guard tower
- prison servicescommissary, visitation, medical care, reentry programs, education programs
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- pet enclosurescage, crate, kennel, habitat, pen
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- animal shelteranimal shelter, shelter worker, shelter cat, animal control, humane society
exercise yardsolitary confinement
Isolated imprisonment in cell
isolation cell · prison cell · holding cell · the hole · detention cell
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