The phrase "ad hoc prison" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning without context.
It could be used in discussions about temporary or specific arrangements related to incarceration or detention.
Example: "The government established an ad hoc prison to accommodate the sudden influx of detainees during the crisis."
Alternatives: "temporary detention facility" or "makeshift prison".
Cheap places rented out by the block to officials to set up as ad-hoc prisons, known as 'black jails.'" The sites are not legally sanctioned and the government has denied that they are used in any official capacity.
Justice, we are supposed to remember, works through a justice system; it is not doled out ad hoc by prison guards or fellow inmates, who of course can't know all the facts.
Spice, in particular (a very strong cannabinoid) is reputedly used in prisons as an ad hoc torture method; some small but unpayable debt exacted by forcing the debtor to smoke more than the recommended match-head.
"Very Chinese". A similar rupture is explored in "The Proprietress", a quirkily inventive tale that sees a small-town shopkeeper form an ad hoc refuge for women whose husbands languish in the local prison.
Psychotherapists working in prisons provide a variety of services, from emergency interventions through ad hoc supportive consultations to conventional psychotherapies.
Many of the men had been held in ad hoc sites, including hospital bays on Navy ships, black sites in foreign countries, or in secret prisons until Gitmo was open for business.
A1 An investigation into interrogation techniques at military detention centers, including the Abu Ghraib prison, concludes there was little oversight of interrogation policies, leaving field commanders to develop some ad hoc practices that were unauthorized.
There, he was held in an ad hoc 'prison', along with hundreds of other condemned men.
Both are resolutely ad hoc.
Mobilize ad hoc issue groups.
They are largely attitudinal and ad hoc.
