solitary confinement meaning
ENWSolitary confinement
- Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff.
- Solitary confinement is colloquially referred to in American English as "the hotbox", "the hole", "lockdown", "punk city", "SCU" (Solitary Confinement Unit), "AdSeg" (Administrative Segregation),
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Definition of solitary confinement in English Dictionary
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Grammatically, this idiom "solitary confinement" is a noun.