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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He has been held in solitary confinement since the start of the current Gaza war, according to his family and to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
For collaborating with British officers while on parole, he was transferred to solitary confinement in a filthy cell.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Her husband Keith was kept in solitary confinement for six months.
—Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs were sent to solitary confinement.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
For collaborating with British officers while on parole, he was transferred to solitary confinement in a filthy cell.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Her husband Keith was kept in solitary confinement for six months.
—Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs were sent to solitary confinement.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Solitary confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solitary%20confinement. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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