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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Mujica spent almost 15 years behind bars, many in solitary confinement, lying at the bottom of an old horse trough with only ants for company.
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Reuters, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Before leading the country, Mujica spent more than a decade as a political prisoner under Uruguay’s military dictatorship, including several years in solitary confinement.
—Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
He also was regularly locked in a room, where he was kicked and punched, then held in solitary confinement.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Clement’s sentencing memo summarizes his life as having mostly been sent behind bars, since his early teens, in Oregon and California, then spending much of his adult years in solitary confinement.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
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Reuters, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Before leading the country, Mujica spent more than a decade as a political prisoner under Uruguay’s military dictatorship, including several years in solitary confinement.
—Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
He also was regularly locked in a room, where he was kicked and punched, then held in solitary confinement.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Clement’s sentencing memo summarizes his life as having mostly been sent behind bars, since his early teens, in Oregon and California, then spending much of his adult years in solitary confinement.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for solitary confinement
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“Solitary confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solitary%20confinement. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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