punishment cell
Disciplinary confinement space
A punishment cell is a small, isolated cell where prisoners are confined as disciplinary action, typically with minimal furnishings and restricted privileges.
Also called solitary confinement or "the hole." Conditions are deliberately harsh—limited light, no personal items, little human contact: He spent thirty days in the punishment cell for fighting.
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- isolationComplete separation from others
- confinementState of being restricted
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
the hole · hole · segregation · lock up · lockdown · darkness · concrete · steel · iron bars · bars · cold · silence · bread and water · discipline · penalty · hard time · corrections · correctional facility
punishment cellgeneral population
Average citizens collectively
halfway house · gen pop · communal housing · day room · recreational area
punishment cellfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · open air · free world · sanctuary · refuge
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