cell block
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cell block
Example Sentences
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These kids had fancy snacks, posters and portable speakers, while my kid was in a gray cell block staring at four concrete walls like she was about to do hard time for grand larceny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
When you’d arrive, they’d unload your property bags off the bus, gave you a decent mattress, bedsheets, and a pillow case, and porters inside the cell block would bring you cleaning supplies.
From Slate ● May 19, 2025
A disused cell block at Maghaberry is also being prepared for re-opening as part of contingency planning.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Joe Stegner, a former Republican leader, helped bring Idaho closer than ever toward building a hospital to replace the cell block in 2007 and 2008.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
As White walked along the cell block tiers, he could see figures from his past, their eyes peering out from behind bars, their bodies gleaming with sweat.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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