Solitary confinement definition

Solitary confinement means the confinement of an

Solitary confinement means physical and social isolation in a room or cell for twenty-two hours per day or more.

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.

Examples of Solitary confinement in a sentence

• Solitary confinement shall be used only in exceptional cases as a last resort, for as short a time as possible and subject to independent review, and only pursuant to the authorization by a competent authority.

• Solitary confinement can, in certain circumstances, amount to inhuman and degrading treatment; in any event, all forms of solitary confinement should be as short as possible.

• Solitary confinement, in combination with the foreknowledge of death and the uncertainty of whether or when an execution is to take place, contributes to the risk of serious and irreparable mental and physical harm and suffering to the inmate.

• Solitary confinement in the case of relapsers serving a life sentence.Amended by: XI.

• Solitary confinement of persons under the age of 18 should be limited to very exceptional cases.

More Definitions of Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement means being confined in a cell

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).

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.]

Solitary confinement means confinement character-

Solitary confinement means the involuntary holding of an offender in isolation from any other person, other than staff and an attorney, for 16 or more hours per day.

Solitary confinement means the confinement of a detained

Solitary confinement means the confinement of an incarcerated person in a cell or similarly confined holding or living space, alone or with other incarcerated persons, for 17 hours or more per day.