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  2. Padded cell - Wikipedia

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    A no longer in use padded cell at the Old Melbourne Gaol in Melbourne, Australia.Photographed in 2012. A woman in a seclusion room, 1889. A padded cell or seclusion room is a controversial enclosure used in a psychiatric hospital or a special education setting in a private or public school, in which there are cushions lining the walls and sometimes has a cushioned floor as well.

  3. Anti-suicide smock - Wikipedia

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    These items are formally known as Safety Smocks and were designed and developed by Lonna Speer in 1989 while she was a nurse working in the Santa Cruz, California, county jail. [2] Safety Smocks are now standard issue throughout jails and prisons in the United States. [3] The same material is used for the anti-suicide blanket. Prior to the use ...

  4. Solitary confinement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Original bed inside solitary confinement cell in Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania. In the United States penal system, upwards of 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates are kept in solitary confinement or another form of restrictive housing at some point during their imprisonment. [1]

  5. Mysterious jail cell in Roosevelt hotel may be famous 'deduct ...

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    Proudly adorned with the classic elegant decor of the 1920s and 30s, The Roosevelt New Orleans hotel stands tall rich in history and beauty ... and a famous jail cell. Fit for a king, which is why ...

  6. More cell locks broken by inmates, building age in ongoing ...

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    Weeks after Memphis jail cell locks broke due to a power surge, officials say about 100 more locks were broken by inmates and building age.

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Federal prison officials were close to canceling the contract in 1992, according to media accounts at the time, but they said conditions at the facility started to improve after frequent inspections. In a federal lawsuit, one LeMarquis employee, Richard Moore, alleged that he had been severely beaten by another employee – at the direction of ...

  8. Prison cell - Wikipedia

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    A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held. Cells greatly vary by their furnishings, hygienic services, and cleanliness, both across countries and based on the level of punishment to which the prisoner being held has been sentenced.

  9. I was accused of having drugs in my jail cell. I didn't - AOL

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