(US) Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners.
(US) Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners.
Adjustment center means: Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners.. It comes from prison or criminal-justice contexts; worth knowing what media your teen is consuming. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
adjustment center means: Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
Adjustment center means: Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners.. It comes from prison or criminal-justice contexts; worth knowing what media your teen is consuming. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
(North America) : solitary confinement in prison.
Prison slang abbreviation for 'administrative segregation' — the bureaucratic term for solitary confinement. Inmates in ad-seg are isolated from the general prison population, typically in a small cell for 22–24 hours a day, often ostensibly for safety or security reasons. The term is used inside prisons by both inmates and staff, and has entered journalistic and activist discourse around criminal justice reform. Typically carries a loaded connotation given the documented psychological harm of prolonged isolation.
A concentration camp.
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