That's what made it so useful, sometimes. People tended to focus on such things instead of on the man attached to it. If they were under cover, Anakin had figured it couldn't hurt.

It's not precisely solitary confinement but when they get to the brig they are indeed shoved into separate cells. The ship isn't large enough for the cells to be of any reasonable size nor for there to be too many of them or much space in between. The unfortunate thing was that for what they lacked in space, they made up for in energy consumption as there were energy shields between the bars.

Glancing at the several other waiting cells, Anakin looked back at 'his' guard, "should we be expecting company?"

The guard just snorts derisively, "nothing you need to know."