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confinement

[kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] / kənˈfaɪn mənt /


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His marriage to Mr. Lemann’s mother survived a “great crisis” spurred by her confinement to a psychiatric institute and an affair with one of the doctors there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Lira was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

There’s a really good podcast series called The Habitat on one series of experiments testing how humans could get through the group confinement of a Mars trip.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2026

A BOP spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the bureau does not discuss conditions of confinement or security procedures and that employee standards of conduct prohibit staff from giving any prisoners preferential treatment.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

I started challenging conditions of confinement at Tutwiler in the mid-1980s as a young attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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