segregation unit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsegregationandunit
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segregation
noun[U]
uk/ˌseɡ.rɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌseɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, ...
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unit
noun
uk/ˈjuː.nɪt/us/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofsegregationandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsegregation unit
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He was in thesegregationunit.
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This punishment was served in thesegregationunit.
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Each one told me that they felt safer in thesegregationunitthan on the landings.
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These principles apply to all prisoners whether located in asegregationunitor not.
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Whether it is a maximum security wing, asegregationunit, or a special unit, is vague.
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There is also an additionalsegregationunit.
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He has been offered work in his cell in thesegregationunit, but he has declined this.
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He spent a period of about a year in thesegregationunitthere, as a direct result of his refusal to wear prison clothing.
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He told me that there has been a great change in the most criticised of all the departments— what was called thesegregationunit.
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For that he has not been punished other than being left in thesegregationunit, to which he did not object.
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There is also a 99-bed single-occupancy disciplinarysegregationunitand an 8-bed infirmary.
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The four men had been placed in thesegregationunitfor troublesome prisoners.
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Upon request, a specialsegregationunitwas constructed over the existing isolation cells.
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Clearly, there was a need to make improvements in thesegregationunitand there were important indications of the need for improvement in the reception facilities.
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After about an hour the inmates removed the barricades and all were located in thesegregationunitby a group of 11 staff and the deputy governor.
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The first contained a mental health unit with 64 beds and asegregationunitwith 68 beds.
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He was kept in asegregationunitand forced to wear clothing meant for prisoners at risk of self-harming.
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In addition, standing instructions provide that every prisoner is to be strip searched on every reception into, and discharge from, a prison establishment and on location in thesegregationunit.
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They follow several years of staff reductions which have already led to regular cancellation of cell searching, evening classes and gym sessions, and to thesegregationunitbeing left undermanned.
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The prison has administrative offices, prisoner housing facilities, food service facilities, health care facilities, educational program facilities, and a smallsegregationunit.
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Bernardo has been kept in thesegregationunitat the penitentiary for his own safety; nonetheless, he has been attacked and harassed.
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There are separate units for remand and convicted prisoners as well as units for female prisoners, young offenders and vulnerable prisoners, as well as asegregationunit.
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