lockdown
lockdown. The temporary confinement of prisoners in their cells during a state of heightened alert caused by an escape, riot, or other emergency. [Cases: Prisons 13(4). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 58, 60.]
lockdown. The temporary confinement of prisoners in their cells during a state of heightened alert caused by an escape, riot, or other emergency. [Cases: Prisons 13(4). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 58, 60.]