secure unit
High-security psychiatric ward
A secure unit is a locked facility within a hospital, prison, or other institution where patients or inmates are confined for safety reasons—either their own or others'.
The term appears most often in psychiatric and juvenile justice contexts: He was transferred to a secure unit after the incident.
Security levels vary from medium to maximum.
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- locked doorSecured portal requiring key
- wardProtected person; division
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
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- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- detentionjail, detention centers, captive, prison, detention orders
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
- psychiatric facilitiespsychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric facility, psychiatric ward
- forensic psychologyforensic evaluation, forensic interview, insanity plea, psychological assessment, legal insanity
- juvenile detentionjuvenile hall, juvenile facility, juvie, reform school, detention center
secure unitminimum security
Least restrictive custody level
open prison · halfway house · sheltered housing · supported living · outpatient care
secure unitfreedom
Absence of constraint
community living · independent living · home · liberty · open society
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