solitary confinement
noun
: the state of being kept alone in a prison cell away from other prisoners
He spent three months in solitary confinement.
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Yet, like Devil’s Island, where Dreyfus spent four years, largely in solitary confinement, La Santé is a trying environment.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Human Rights Watch has recorded beatings, prolonged solitary confinement and denial of medical care for those jailed after the 2021 protests.
—Oscar Biscet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Soncin, currently in solitary confinement awaiting formal charges, faces accusations of voluntary homicide, cruelty, stalking, and premeditation.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
He was repeatedly held in solitary confinement in a jail in Nigeria in the 1960s for his criticism of the military government at the time.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Human Rights Watch has recorded beatings, prolonged solitary confinement and denial of medical care for those jailed after the 2021 protests.
—Oscar Biscet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Soncin, currently in solitary confinement awaiting formal charges, faces accusations of voluntary homicide, cruelty, stalking, and premeditation.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
He was repeatedly held in solitary confinement in a jail in Nigeria in the 1960s for his criticism of the military government at the time.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Solitary confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solitary%20confinement. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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