administrative segregation
Americannoun
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Beyond addressing conditions at the facility, she barred the government from placing detainees in administrative segregation unless needed for security threats or requested by a detainee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Placement of detainees in segregation requires careful consideration of alternatives, and administrative segregation placements for a special vulnerability should be used only as a last resort,” he said, using the agency’s terminology for solitary confinement.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Over the next 15 years, during which time Congress killed our access to Pell Grants, I spent most of my time in and out of administrative segregation.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2023
On an average day, more than 400 people out of roughly 12,000 people in state prisons are in administrative segregation, the DRW report said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
Their hands are cuffed and they wear color-coded jailhouse jumpsuits: yellow for maximum security, blue for minimum, and red for administrative segregation, which is the official term for solitary confinement.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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