When it was not very cold in the unheated cell, I sat at the end of my bunk and studied the patterns in the cement floor, which was reinforced with stones.

At almost any time, the five unheated cells of the public security's drug detoxification center are overflowing with addicts, many accused of trafficking as well.

For many, a short-sleeve shirt or cotton blouse was not nearly warm enough for an unheated cell.

Penn was placed in solitary confinement in an unheated cell and threatened with a life sentence.

He was in a narrow, solitary underground cell, unheated and frigid.

Li Lin had not been allowed to take warm clothes and nearly froze in the unheated, drafty cells.

Kero lay on her stomach on the hard wooden shelf that served as a bed in her damp, unheated cell.

Although intellectuals may risk serving their terms in solitary confinement, workers are more likely to risk beatings, freezing nights in unheated cells, and near-starvation rations.

In winter, water freezes in unheated cells, and so does the ink in Mr. Thomas's pen.

He was held in an unheated cell that was lit day and night and monitored constantly.