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condemned cell

British  

noun

  1. a prison cell in which a person condemned to death awaits execution

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The paper notes Dutchman Dylan Snel and Canadian Lindsey Petersen had spent a "terrifying" night in the condemned cell of Sabah's prison, because the usual holding pens were full.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2015

The door is unlocked and we enter Bristol Prison’s condemned cell for the last time.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2014

Clearly seething with rage, Mujib described his life "in a condemned cell in a desert area in the scorching heat," for nine months without news of his family or the outside world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Friends who visited him in the condemned cell begged him to confide in them, but he would never do so, and when he died the secret died with him.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Howbeit, in the condemned cell Valentine was placed, and there Fannie and her companions found him.

From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte