单词 | observation cell |
释义 | > as lemmasobservation cell observation cell n. a cell for prisoners or detainees who are being kept under observation. ΚΠ 1898 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 7/1 The deceased..was placed in an observation cell, being visited every quarter of an hour. The door would not be opened every time, but he would look through the observation place in the door. 1994 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) The spokesman also refused to say whether Torres had been in a special observation cell, where inmates thought likely to take their lives are checked every 15 minutes. 2001 Courier (Dundee) (Electronic ed.) 11 May Days later he was an inmate in a federal prison beside gangsters, the shock of which saw him placed in an observation cell after staff mistakenly believed him to be suicidal. < as lemmas |
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