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 people on the basis of color, nationality, religion, or the like. [Cases: Civil Rights 1033; Constitutional Law 214; Schools 13(5). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 18, 20, 23–24, 109–110; Constitutional Law § 717.] — segregate, vb. — segregative, adj.
de facto segregation. Segregation that occurs without state authority, usu. on the basis of socioeconomic factors. [Cases: Civil Rights 1033(1); Schools 13(5). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 18, 20, 23–24, 109–110.]
de jure segregation. Segregation that is permitted by law. [Cases: Civil Rights 1033(1); Schools 13(5). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 18, 20, 23–24, 109–110.]
