solitary confinement

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

solitary confinement (usually uncountable, plural solitary confinements)

1. Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment against an inmate in prison.

TranslationsEdit

forced isolation

• Arabic: حَبْس اِنْفِرَادِيّ‏‎ m (ḥabs infirādiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單獨拘禁, 单独拘禁 (dāndú jūjìn), 單獨監禁, 单独监禁 (dāndú jiānjìn)

• Czech: samovazba f
• Dutch: isolatie (nl) f, isolement (nl) n
• Finnish: eristäminen (fi)
• French: mitard (fr) m
• German: Isolationshaft (de) f

• Greek: απομόνωση (el) f (apomónosi)
• Japanese: 独房監禁 (どくぼうかんきん, dokubō kankin)
• Korean: 독방 감금 (dogbang gamgeum)
• Persian: انفرادی‏‎ (fa) (enferâdi), سلول انفرادی‏‎ (sellul-e enferâdi)
• Portuguese: prisão em solitária f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: régimen de aislamiento m, incomunicación (es) f, reclusión solitaria f