prison cell
Barred holding room
A prison cell is a small room in a jail or prison where inmates are confined.
Cells typically contain minimal furnishings—a bed, toilet, and sink—and are locked from outside.
The term applies whether the space holds one person or several.
He spent eighteen months in a six-by-eight prison cell.
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- iron barsMetal rods forming barriers
- jailDetention facility
- oublietteUnderground cell with ceiling hatch
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
lockup · panopticon · gaol · penitentiary · maximum security · inmate · hard time · life sentence · behind bars · dungeon · correctional facility · detention centre · bunk · warden · bullpen · sentence · walls · lights out
- dungeondungeon, oubliette, torture chamber, chains, shackles
- confinement cellsdungeon, brig, lockup, cage, pen
- prisonsinmates, cells, prisons, penitentiary, guards
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, tower
- tight spacescloset, cubbyhole, cubicle, nook, cranny
- prison equipmenthandcuffs, shackles, bars, leg irons, chains
prison cellfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · sanctuary · release · refuge
prison cellopen field
Unenclosed outdoor space
wide open spaces · wilderness · prairie · ocean · sky
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