He was held in solitary confinement for over 19 months.
If, in contrast, prisoners are made to live in squalid conditions of solitary confinement, then the punishment is arguably too severe.
What developed was the separate system: solitary confinement and silence, and hard labour.
One is the property of solitary confinement.
People in solitary confinement are totally cut off from the outside world.
He said that the prisoner was in solitary confinement.
There have been other cases in which men sentenced to more than four years have been kept in solitary confinement for more than six weeks.
Is there a statutory limitation on the length of time for which prisoners can be kept in solitary confinement?