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Definition of Lockdown
1. Noun. The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot).
Definition of Lockdown
1. n. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.
Definition of Lockdown
1. Noun. (''in an institution, such as a prison'') The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lockdown
1. the confinement of prisoners to their cells [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lockdown
Literary usage of Lockdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dis-Integrating Multiculturalismby Mute by Mute (2006)
"Not surprising, either, that the 'lockdown' came into being here, as a reconfiguration
of the mechanisms of detainment. And, it did not take Long for a ..."
2. United States Children in Confinement in Louisiana by Human Rights Watch (1995)
"There were exceptions, however: TA at EBR-LTI told us that she had spent nine
consecutive days in disciplinary lockdown. She also said that the guards ..."
3. Violence in California Prisons: A Proposal for Research Into Patterns and Cures by James Gilligan (2001)
"Pelican Bay was on lockdown until the warden decides otherwise. ... The prisoners
had been in limited lockdown since this riot and had been taken out of ..."
4. No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland's Jails by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Michael Bochenek (1999)
"This was particularly true of the Baltimore City Detention Center, where children
are frequently placed on extended lockdown.334 Dylan C, sixteen, ..."
5. High Country Lockup: Children in Confinement in Colorado by Dorothy Davidson, Lois Whitman, Michael McClintock (1997)
"... no family visits during lockdown and only two a month during other times; no
telephone access to client managers to inquire about remaining time before ..."
6. Cold Storage: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana by Jamie Fellner, Joanne Mariner (1997)
"In contrast, in the six years following the lockdown, there were only three
murders (none after 1985), no escape attempts or group disturbances, ..."
7. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
"I taught him how to do the lockdown. Now he's done it. Shit!" "Why would this
Kevin do this to you? ... "This lockdown is a computer thing?" <<"\7 " Yes. ..."
8. Illinois Task Force on Crime and Corrections: Final Report (1993)
"In many instances, violent incidents require that the institutions be put on
lockdown status, during which inmates are kept in their cells 24 hours per day. ..."
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