Solitary confinement definition

Solitary confinement means the confinement of an
Solitary confinement means confinement character-
Solitary confinement means a youth is involun- tarily separated from the youth population and placed in a room or cell other than the room assigned to the youth for sleeping for longer than fifteen minutes for punitive pur- poses. Different terminology does not exempt practice from being "solitary confinement." [2020 c 333 § 2.]

Examples of Solitary confinement in a sentence

  • Solitary confinement has implications for other provisions of the Covenant, namely Articles 7 and 10, particularly where it is ‘prolonged’.

  • Solitary confinement is normally defined as confinement of a detainee in isolation from other detainees, and is not a procedure authorized for or applied to any detainees.

  • Solitary confinement must only be used as a deterrent against bad behavior and nothing else.

  • Solitary confinement is considered a harsher punishment than an equal time spent in a shared cell.

  • Solitary confinement should be distinguished from medical isolation, in which prisoners or detainees are isolated to ensure that they do not spread infectious diseases.


More Definitions of Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement means confinement characterized by substantial isolation in a cell, alone or with other inmates, including administrative segregation, disciplinary seg- regation, and confinement in any facility designated by the Bureau of Prisons as a spe- cial housing unit, special management unit, or administrative maximum facility.
Solitary confinement means physical and social isolation in a room or cell for twenty-two hours per day or more.
Solitary confinement means being confined in a cell
Solitary confinement means isolation of a prisoner from the general population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more hours within a 24-hour period.
Solitary confinement means physical and social isolation in a room or cell for twenty‑two hours per day or more.
Solitary confinement means the confinement of a detained
Solitary confinement means the placement of an incarcerated person in a locked room or cell alone with minimal or no contact with persons other than guards, correctional facility staff, and attorneys. Using different terminology for this practice, such as room confinement, segregated housing, protective custody, restrictive housing, restricted housing, restricted engagement, close confinement, special management unit, administrative detention, nonpunitive isolation, temporary isolation or reflection cottage, among others, does not exempt a practice from being "solitary confinement." The use of single person sleeping rooms, during ordinary sleeping or rest periods, does not constitute "solitary confinement." The short-term placement of youth in individual cells for purposes of facility or living unit security issues or for other short-term facility physical plant safety and maintenance issues does not constitute "solitary confinement." (Ord. 18637 § 2, 2017).