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. John Rozel:

   The use of isolation and solitary confinement is often proffered as a stop-gap intervention, but juvenile crime is neither new nor rare.

2. Karl Kraus:

   The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Solitary confinement is a form of punishment that is cruel and psychologically damaging, and we’re talking about people who haven’t been convicted of anything yet.

4. 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.

5. Bayram Shikhmuradov:

   They are put into cells which can reach 50 degrees in summer and -20 in winter, not given enough food and often held in solitary confinement.