solitary confinement

noun

: the state of being kept alone in a prison cell away from other prisoners

He spent three months in solitary confinement.

Examples of solitary confinement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hotel heiress and media personality alleges staff members beat her, watched her shower, fed her unknown pills and locked her in solitary confinement without clothing. — ABC News, 15 June 2026

His killer is isolated in solitary confinement in prison, facing 35 years of incarceration. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026

According to investigators with the Allegheny County Police Department, 44-year-old Tyrone Good was moved from solitary confinement at the jail into a general population pod just 20 minutes before he was beaten to death on May 13. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 10 June 2026

Angye, who has been at Camp East Montana for just over a month, claims he was then locked in solitary confinement for 15 days. — Kristin Wright, NPR, 30 May 2026

Rhymes for solitary confinement

• alignment
• alinement
• assignment
• consignment
• refinement
• misalignment
• nonalignment
• realignment
• reassignment
• reconsignment