"The
hole" is another
phrase used to describe
solitary confinement in a
jail. This is a bit of older
prison lingo used back when it was
legal for a
prisoner to be thrown into a
dungeon-like
room for an
arbitrary amount of
time. Living there is difficult as there is no
light, no
toilet, and just a
floor to
sleep on.
You always here "the hole" used in
prison movies like
The Shawshank Redemption, or any movie that takes place on
Alcatraz.