confinement
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Marwan Barghouti is understood to have been kept in solitary confinement for the past two-and-a-half years.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Tennyson’s father and two of his siblings had periods of confinement in medical clinics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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
Maybe my sentence was solitary confinement for years and years.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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