| 单词 | screen cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscreen cell screen cell n. U.S. (now historical) a prison cell in which an inmate is confined in isolation for the purpose of close observation or as a punishment, often having screens of wire mesh covering any windows or other openings. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for observation screen cell1880 1880 Weekly World 8 Sept. 3/1 I was taken out of the hospital and put in a screen cell (where nothing can get to you) and I was left there five months and twenty days. 1892 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 23 Oct. 2/3 Since his fight with the keepers some months ago,..Perry has been confined in a screen cell and has been kept under the closest surveillance. 1955 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 19 July 14/3 Malm was to be first lodged in a screen cell in the hospital ward a flight above the execution chamber and then brought down into the death cell. 2016 M. G. Yeager Frank Tannenbaum v. 53 Tannenbaum's chapter on prison discipline revealed the use of a regulatory system to inflict further punishment upon inmates, including screen cells, dungeons,..and the like. < as lemmas |
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