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incarceration
[in-kahr-suh-rey-shuhn]
noun
the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure.
The rate of incarceration has increased dramatically.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incarceration1
Example Sentences
With the fighting, the weapons and the robberies came incarceration.
Daylight Tuesday brought a starkly different scene: volunteers scrubbing graffiti from the exterior of the museum, which highlights the painful lessons of Japanese Americans’ mass incarceration during World War II.
Kelly’s attorney, Brindley, said in his motion that his client’s “continued incarceration while he knows his life is in jeopardy constitutes cruel and unusual punishment,” a violation of his constitutional rights.
There is a musical loosely inspired by his time in wartime incarceration camps.
For decades, the prison by the Bay has been doing incarceration differently, cobbling together a system that focuses on accountability and rehabilitation.
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