Solitary confinement
An inmate in 'solitary confinement' has no access to other people for 22-24 hours a day
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“Solitary confinement” is a type of imprisonment. A prisoner in solitary confinement spends 22 to 24 hours per day in a cell with no contact with other people or the outside world. In solitary confinement, prisoners may get time outside the cell, but that time is segregated from other prisoners.
This can be used as punishment for someone serving a sentence in a normal prison. Or, this may be the punishment for a prisoner’s whole term.