Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner and has been cited as an additional measure of protection for the inmate. This form of punishment is also given for violations of prison regulations. It is also used as a form of protective custody and to prevent in the case of suicide, restriction from items that could disrupt the prisoners health.Solitary confinement is colloquially referred to in American English as \"the hotbox\", \"the hole\", \"lockdown\", \"punk city\", \"SCU\" (Solitary Confinement Unit), \"AdSeg\" (Administrative Segregation), the \"SHU\" (pronounced \"shoe\") – an acronym for \"special housing unit\" or \"security housing unit\", or \"the pound\"; in British English as \"the block\" or \"the cooler\"; and in Canada it is known as the Special Handling Unit."@en }
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- Solitary_confinement abstract "Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner and has been cited as an additional measure of protection for the inmate. This form of punishment is also given for violations of prison regulations. It is also used as a form of protective custody and to prevent in the case of suicide, restriction from items that could disrupt the prisoners health.Solitary confinement is colloquially referred to in American English as \"the hotbox\", \"the hole\", \"lockdown\", \"punk city\", \"SCU\" (Solitary Confinement Unit), \"AdSeg\" (Administrative Segregation), the \"SHU\" (pronounced \"shoe\") – an acronym for \"special housing unit\" or \"security housing unit\", or \"the pound\"; in British English as \"the block\" or \"the cooler\"; and in Canada it is known as the Special Handling Unit.".