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condemned cell

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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

A curious old drawing is still extant, representing Mrs. Brownrigge in the condemned cell.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

If ever there was on earth a foretaste of the joys of heaven, I felt it that day in the condemned cell, loaded with irons.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various