padded cell


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padded cell

n
a room, esp one in a mental hospital, with padded surfaces in which violent inmates are placed
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padded cell

nGummizelle f
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padded cell

ncella con le pareti imbottite (in carceri, ospedali psichiatrici)
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A Honduran father separated from his wife and child suffered a breakdown at a Texas jail and killed himself in a padded cell last month, according to Border Patrol agents and an incident report filed by sheriff's deputies.
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Lewis said there is no way to make a cell 100 percent suicide-proof unless the inmate is placed in a padded cell, naked.
At this rate I will be taken away and locked in a padded cell.
The 28-year old star admitted that she spent time in a padded cell to help her overcome drug problems and added that she decided to get a grip over things when her mother was diagnosed with cancer.
Dr Chris Upton is writing his column in a padded cell at Newman University College
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