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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
Translations
padded cell
nGummizelle f
padded cell ncella con le pareti imbottite (in carceri, ospedali psichiatrici)


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She decided on dragging the Government to court after she read about other women being stripped and put naked into padded cells by male police officers at stations, including Christies Beach and the City Watch House.
The crew plan to dress in straitjackets during a seance in padded cells in which they will seek to contact spirits.
Old padded cells that contained simply a mattress had been condemned by the United Nations.
 
 
 
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