isolation cell

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isolation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌaɪ.səlˈeɪ.ʃən/
the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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In 2009, he was reported to be in deteriorating health while held in anisolationcell.
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The problem was solved by putting the two biggest hotheads in each their own paddedisolationcell.
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The bell-tower held theisolationcellfor special prisoners.
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She ends up in anisolationcellof a psychiatric institution.
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The passed law once again confirmed the ban on the meetings with attorneys and other persons while staying in the disciplinaryisolationcell.
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She was also placed in anisolationcell.
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The 'super-max ' model is based on physical containment of prisoners in isolation cells and remote management of the environment.
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Repair work started about three weeks ago to the fire damaged areas and to the isolation cells.
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Over 100 pets die needlessly each year in cold, cement, isolation cells.
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There were isolation cells in case an inmate had to be punished.
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For weeks at a time he was put in tapiadas, steel isolation cells, and gavetas, drawers, so narrow that he could only stand.
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A reproduction of prison life is also being planned within one of the "bartolinas" (isolation cells) in the former prison complex.
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Isolation cells are specially designed for low short circuit current when input is at threshold voltage level.
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The exterior buildings, on the fort's southern side, housed the administration, the women's prison and, to the west, the isolation cells.
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This special unit of 16 isolation cells was sealed off in a basement from the other prisoners.
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Upon request, a special segregation unit was constructed over the existing isolation cells.
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Two additional units include forty-eight isolation cells and forty-eight segregation cells.
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Isolation cells were reserved for high-profile criminals.
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