| 单词 | segregation unit |
| 释义 | > as lemmassegregation unit g. The isolation or separate confinement of dangerous or troublesome prisoners. Hence concrete (also segregation unit) a part of a prison designated for this purpose. Chiefly U.S. ΚΠ 1952 K. J. Scudder Prisoners are People 82 We set aside a few cells at Chino for segregation... If some man at Chino becomes defiant or refuses to work, he is placed in segregation. 1955 T. E. Gaddis Birdman of Alcatraz x. 91 The rear half of the structure held eighteen segregation cells... It was a prison within a prison. 1964 D. Glaser Effectiveness of Prison & Parole Syst. viii. 174 The duration of disciplinary segregation is much briefer in federal prisons than in most state prisons... Men in segregation now receive the regular inmate food. 1964 D. Glaser Effectiveness of Prison & Parole Syst. viii. 175 Such units, usually called ‘administrative segregation’ in federal prisons, resemble the regular disciplinary section of a prison... The inmate may be restricted to quarters temporarily without being transferred to the segregation unit. 1974 P. W. Keve Prison Life & Human Worth ix. 158 The segregation unit needs intensive service. 1974 P. W. Keve Prison Life & Human Worth ix. 162 A man..cannot get out of segregation unless he meets certain good behavior standards. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 114/3 Such sentences often included a certain number of days in segregation. < as lemmas |
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