Confinement
noun
The state of being kept in a place, such as a prison, and not being able to leave.
He had been in solitary confinement for many years.
Often appears as...
- solitary confinement
- under confinement
noun
The time when a woman is giving birth.
She was in confinement when her mother visited her.
Often appears as...
- in confinement
- period of confinement
noun
The act of keeping something within boundaries or limits.
The confinement of animals in cages is considered cruel by many.
Often appears as...
- confinement of animals
- confinement in a space
noun
The state of being kept in a place, such as a prison, and not being able to leave.
He had been in solitary confinement for many years.
Often appears as...
- solitary confinement
- under confinement
noun
The time when a woman is giving birth.
She was in confinement when her mother visited her.
Often appears as...
- in confinement
- period of confinement
noun
The act of keeping something within boundaries or limits.
The confinement of animals in cages is considered cruel by many.
Often appears as...
- confinement of animals
- confinement in a space
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Confinement here often implies a lack of freedom and can evoke a sense of punishment or restraint.
The prisoner's confinement led to a feeling of hopelessness.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Contexts
This type of confinement is frequently discussed in legal, crime-related, or justice system contexts.
The jury deliberated the terms of his confinement.
Pro Tip 3/3Duration Varies
Confinement can be for a short period or many years, depending on the scenario it's being used in.
Short confinement can be a corrective measure.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Confinement here often implies a lack of freedom and can evoke a sense of punishment or restraint.
The prisoner's confinement led to a feeling of hopelessness.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Contexts
This type of confinement is frequently discussed in legal, crime-related, or justice system contexts.
The jury deliberated the terms of his confinement.
Pro Tip 3/3Duration Varies
Confinement can be for a short period or many years, depending on the scenario it's being used in.
Short confinement can be a corrective measure.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Confinement here often implies a lack of freedom and can evoke a sense of punishment or restraint.
The prisoner's confinement led to a feeling of hopelessness.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Contexts
This type of confinement is frequently discussed in legal, crime-related, or justice system contexts.
The jury deliberated the terms of his confinement.
Pro Tip 3/3Duration Varies
Confinement can be for a short period or many years, depending on the scenario it's being used in.
Short confinement can be a corrective measure.
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3 ways to spot a bad...
and that isn't changing anytime soon. Facts like prisoners in the US can be kept in solitary confinement cells that are smaller than the size of an average parking space. The point of these visualizations is also to remind people of some really important statistical concepts, concepts like averages. So let's say you hear a claim like,
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It's OK to feel...
There's so many lessons in compassion that can be found here. How about a general universal mercy that we can all feel toward people who are in solitary confinement. Let's have that be part of the conversation. Now you've experienced it for two days in your own house.
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James in Solitary PIPE...
that strange look soon as you say solitaria what you know then that give a little bit of backstory like oh no no I wouldn't do it no sorry I I know of one person that has been in a solitary confinement and he didn't get too deep
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Bringing forests into...
live in solitary confinement the prisons within prisons how could I bring nature's benefits here well in other places that are stressful and nature deprives such as hospitals for examples studies have shown that when patients
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How the worst moments in...
and had spent many years in solitary confinement, told me she was grateful to her jailers for the time she had had to think, for the wisdom she had gained, for the chance to hone her meditation skills. She had sought meaning
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What happens to people...
Not really part of this world, they're not really part of any world that's fully and tangibly human. It's for all of these reasons that international human rights law prohibits the use of long-term solitary confinement.
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What almost dying taught...
he said, "Me, too!" and explained how, even though he spends most of his days in solitary confinement, he and his neighboring prisoners make board games out of paper and call out their plays through their meal slots --
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The secret US prisons...
Every prisoner I've interviewed has said there are three flecks of light in the darkness of phone calls, letters and visits from family. CMUs aren't solitary confinement, but they radically restrict all of these
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Shaka Senghor: Why your...
I felt helpless, unloved and abandoned. I felt like nobody cared, and I reacted with hostility to my confinement. And I found myself getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
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The Planet Earth...
a polar bear stirs she has been in her den the whole winter emergence marks the beginning of spring after months of confinement underground
Video examples
3 ways to spot a bad...
and that isn't changing anytime soon. Facts like prisoners in the US can be kept in solitary confinement cells that are smaller than the size of an average parking space. The point of these visualizations is also to remind people of some really important statistical concepts, concepts like averages. So let's say you hear a claim like,
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
There's so many lessons in compassion that can be found here. How about a general universal mercy that we can all feel toward people who are in solitary confinement. Let's have that be part of the conversation. Now you've experienced it for two days in your own house.
Video examples
James in Solitary PIPE...
that strange look soon as you say solitaria what you know then that give a little bit of backstory like oh no no I wouldn't do it no sorry I I know of one person that has been in a solitary confinement and he didn't get too deep
Video examples
Bringing forests into...
live in solitary confinement the prisons within prisons how could I bring nature's benefits here well in other places that are stressful and nature deprives such as hospitals for examples studies have shown that when patients
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
and had spent many years in solitary confinement, told me she was grateful to her jailers for the time she had had to think, for the wisdom she had gained, for the chance to hone her meditation skills. She had sought meaning
Video examples
What happens to people...
Not really part of this world, they're not really part of any world that's fully and tangibly human. It's for all of these reasons that international human rights law prohibits the use of long-term solitary confinement.
Video examples
What almost dying taught...
he said, "Me, too!" and explained how, even though he spends most of his days in solitary confinement, he and his neighboring prisoners make board games out of paper and call out their plays through their meal slots --
Video examples
The secret US prisons...
Every prisoner I've interviewed has said there are three flecks of light in the darkness of phone calls, letters and visits from family. CMUs aren't solitary confinement, but they radically restrict all of these
Video examples
Shaka Senghor: Why your...
I felt helpless, unloved and abandoned. I felt like nobody cared, and I reacted with hostility to my confinement. And I found myself getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
a polar bear stirs she has been in her den the whole winter emergence marks the beginning of spring after months of confinement underground
Example 1 of 10
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of technology to link people together in networks to solve problems and almost certainly we'll get better ideas than we would from them just doing it on their own.
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Nellie Bly
American Journalist
All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.
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John McCain
American Politician
As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men's prisons, it is said, often beg for the lash instead.
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Martha Beck
American Author
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.
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Will Self
English Author
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without charge, under torture, which is what solitary confinement is.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
That's the joke about confinement pigs: they taste like whatever sauce you cook them with.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
Quote examples
Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of technology to link people together in networks to solve problems and almost certainly we'll get better ideas than we would from them just doing it on their own.
Quote examples
Nellie Bly
American Journalist
All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.
Quote examples
Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men's prisons, it is said, often beg for the lash instead.
Quote examples
Martha Beck
American Author
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without charge, under torture, which is what solitary confinement is.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
That's the joke about confinement pigs: they taste like whatever sauce you cook them with.
Quote examples
Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
Example 1 of 10
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