solitary cell
Prisoner's isolated chamber
A solitary cell is a prison cell where an inmate is held in isolation from other prisoners, typically as punishment or for protection.
Solitary confinement can last days or years: He spent eighteen months in a solitary cell.
The practice is controversial, with critics arguing prolonged isolation causes psychological damage.
- isolationComplete separation from others
- confinementState of being restricted
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- the holeAbsence within solid
- maximum securityHighest-level prison classification
lonely · punishment · segregation · dungeon · bars · steel door · concrete · silence · sensory deprivation · hole · lockdown · inmate · hard time · padded · windowless · cold · darkness · walls
- prisoninmate, jail, prison, prisoner, warden
- confinementcage, prison, jail, imprisonment, captivity
- confinement cellsdungeon, brig, lockup, cage, pen
- military prisonsmilitary prison, military brig, brig, stockade, Leavenworth
- prison equipmenthandcuffs, shackles, prison bars, bars, leg irons
- cellsmitosis, meiosis, plasma membrane, chloroplast, vacuole
solitary cellgeneral population
Average citizens collectively
shared cell · open prison · prison yard · common area · day room
solitary cellopen society
Society permitting free inquiry
freedom · liberty · minimum security · public square · work release
solitary, cell, solitude, sole, solitaire, desolate, desolation, cellular, cellar