padded cell

noun

: a room in a mental hospital that has soft walls so that patients cannot hurt themselves

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While at the jail, Harris was placed in a restraint chair and put in a padded cell. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024 The main cabin had been converted into a kind of padded cell, lined with soft white tiles in lieu of seats and overhead bins. — Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020 Other allegations include a suicidal child held in a padded cell without a toilet for weeks. — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024 Lawyers for Allen said he was placed on suicide watch shortly after arriving at jail last week, meaning he was held in a padded cell with the lights on constantly and no access to a phone or tablet. — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Suffice to say, Clear Rivers’ padded cell has never looked smarter — and some tackier sequences near the end undercut that sparkling first impression from the Skyview. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2025 Suspect Cole Tomas Allen was confined to a padded cell with constant lighting and repeatedly strip-searched; the judge noted the jail houses convicted killers without such restrictions. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026 Richard Attenborough once mischievously locked his brother inside a padded cell in a building on campus that was once a Victorian lunatic asylum, according to the university. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

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“Padded cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padded%20cell. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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