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FAQ: What is Ad Seg?

WHAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION?


Administrative segregation (ad seg) is when a prisoner is housed separately from the main prison population. In most prisons, ad seg is another term for solitary confinement.

Typically, prisoners get "put in the hole" if they violate prison rules, start fights, make threats, disregard officers, disobey direct orders, or make an attempt on anyone's life.

WHAT IS AD SEG LIKE?

In ad seg or solitary confinement a person is usually placed in a very tiny cell by themselves, often without a bed or any other comforts. Sometimes a mattress or blanket is provided.

There is no radio or TV and no windows–only a slot in the door where food trays are placed.

Prisoners stay in the cell 23 hours a day. They are taken out to shower and sometimes to exercise in a small pen, but otherwise they see no other human beings while they are in solitary.


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