solitary confinement

supermax

Highest-security prison classification

• the holeAbsence within solid
• the boxInformal term for TV
• prisonConfinement for offenders

cell · inmate · warden · correctional officer · penitentiary · death row · maximum security · lockup · strip search

psychosis

Severe reality detachment

• hallucinationsPerceptions without external cause
• anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
• depressionProlonged low state

paranoia · despair · trauma · hopelessness · mental breakdown · cognitive decline · self-harm · suicidal ideation · insomnia · panic attacks

sensory deprivation

Blocking all external stimuli

• segregationForced separation by group
• seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
• lonelinessState of lacking companions

alienation · withdrawal · detachment · quarantine · separation · incommunicado · lockdown · windowless · soundproof · emptiness

human rights

Inalienable personal freedoms

• tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
• cruel and unusualExcessively harsh and abnormal
• abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice

mental health advocacy · litigation · class action · oversight · accountability · whistleblower · investigation · documentary · exposé · legislative reform

indefinite

Not precisely determined

• prolongedMade to last longer
• short-termOf limited duration
• administrativeRelated to organization management

disciplinary · protective custody · pretrial · extended · consecutive · months · years · decades · indeterminate · release date

• prison classificationsmaximum security, medium security, minimum security, supermax, level one
• torturerack, the rack, thumbscrew, thumbscrews, iron maiden
• internmentdetention camps, internment, penal colonies, camp guards, barbed wire
• prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
• captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
• confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment