The act of removing a prisoner from the prison population for placement in separate or solitary confinement, usu. for disciplinary reasons. — Also termed punitive isolation. [Cases: Prisons 13(5). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 21, 25–27.]
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segregation, n. 1. The act or process of separating. punitive segregation. The act of removing a prisoner from the prison population for placement in separate or solitary confinement, usu. for disciplinary reasons. — Also termed punitive isolation. [Cases: Prisons 13(5). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 21, 25–27.] 2. The unconstitutional policy of separating