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the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

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One approach calls for the traditional lockdown of the building and for people to take shelter, hiding in closets or under desks, out of the line of sight of a possible shooter.
What's not rare are lockdowns, which have become a hallmark of American education and a byproduct of this country's inability to curb its gun violence epidemic.
A concrete course of action post the lockdown of the country and the agreement between the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is the need of the time right now.
The constant fear about an active shooter has left schools scrambling to do whatever they can to prepare and protect their students, whether that means giving them bulletproof plates that can fit inside backpacks or using nursery rhymes to teach them about lockdowns.
PRIMARY schools across the country are taking part in practice "lockdown" procedures.
They are also subject to the same lockdowns even though no judge or jury has declared them to be guilty of any offence in Canada.
Since 2000, at least 15 lockdowns have been imposed at Eugene schools; Bethel schools have seen five, and there have been three in Springfield, according to Register-Guard news articles.
"There will still be some lockdowns tomorrow (Friday) as there are economic leaders who are expected to leave.
The White House was partially evacuated and put on lockdown after Gonzalez jumped in the fence, according to White House reporters on social media.
Lockdowns in LTC facilities already are (or should be) an integral part of the emergency operations plan.
For students across the country, lockdowns have become a fixture of the school day, the duck-and-cover drills for a generation growing up in the shadow of Columbine High School in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
The Director General of NSW Health, Professor Debora Picone, has described the extended lockdown of mentally ill patients at Long Bay Prison Hospital as 'not acceptable' and expressed admiration for nurses' stand against the lockdowns.