padded cell
noun
: a room in a mental hospital that has soft walls so that patients cannot hurt themselves
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Suffice to say, Clear Rivers’ padded cell has never looked smarter — and some tackier sequences near the end undercut that sparkling first impression from the Skyview.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
While at the jail, Harris was placed in a restraint chair and put in a padded cell.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Other allegations include a suicidal child held in a padded cell without a toilet for weeks.
—USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Following an attempt at self-harm, she was moved to a padded cell that lacked a bed or working toilet, and urine and feces flooded the sleeping area.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Set designer Rachel Hauck has crafted a space that includes a dressing room with midcentury modern furniture and a soundstage that feels eerily like a padded cell.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
An Indiana man with untreated schizophrenia died from multiple organ failure after refusing to eat during a 20-day stint of solitary confinement where he was left naked in a padded cell, a lawsuit alleges.
—Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
The main cabin had been converted into a kind of padded cell, lined with soft white tiles in lieu of seats and overhead bins.
—Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
While at the jail, Harris was placed in a restraint chair and put in a padded cell.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Other allegations include a suicidal child held in a padded cell without a toilet for weeks.
—USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
Following an attempt at self-harm, she was moved to a padded cell that lacked a bed or working toilet, and urine and feces flooded the sleeping area.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Set designer Rachel Hauck has crafted a space that includes a dressing room with midcentury modern furniture and a soundstage that feels eerily like a padded cell.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
An Indiana man with untreated schizophrenia died from multiple organ failure after refusing to eat during a 20-day stint of solitary confinement where he was left naked in a padded cell, a lawsuit alleges.
—Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
The main cabin had been converted into a kind of padded cell, lined with soft white tiles in lieu of seats and overhead bins.
—Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
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“Padded cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padded%20cell. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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