Synonyms for solitary confinement
soli·tary con·fine·ment

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1. solitary confinement, solitarynoun

   confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

   "he was held in solitary"

   Synonyms:
   solitudinarian, hermit, solitary, troglodyte, recluse

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1. solitary confinement

   Read the full text of the Solitary Confinement poem by Frederick William (FW) Harvey on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Brian Nelson:

   I ask everyone [ who asks about solitary confinement ] to give up their cellphones, their TVs, everything, for a weekend, and then lock themselves in the bathroom, most of the people who try it come out after a few hours. They're like,' No.'.

2. Leslie Walker:

   Solitary confinement is a kind of torture that no one does well in. The lack of meaningful sensory stimulus and contact drives people mad.

3. Jen Psaki:

   We're deeply concerned by reports that Russia has moved Ms Savchenko to solitary confinement, we understand that Ms Savchenko has been on hunger strike for nearly a month to protest the terms of Ms Savchenko detention and is suffering additional health problems.

4. Craig Haney:

   I think the cost of solitary confinement is now being critically examined and rethought, and prison systems are beginning to ask themselves whether this is worth it, and whether or not it does not create more harm than good, courts are pushing them to consider the inhumanity of the practice, as well.

5. Robert Meek:

   We are in a small group of states that have come around to the point of view that solitary confinement is harmful to the mentally ill.