draconian

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Draconian policies and skyrocketing detainee populations coupled with lack of oversight and worsening conditions in the detention facilities are driving this surge, which seems set to continue.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Draconian policies, enacted decades ago in response to violence in the pools, continue to restrict what bathers can take onto pool decks, infusing the pools with what Ms. Amaro called “a prison-yard mentality.”

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

Draconian measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus mean millions of Brazilians are now cooped up at home and unable to take their anger on to the streets.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2020

Such Draconian measures did little to stop slave revolts in Jamaica or elsewhere, but the revolts did change the debate over slavery.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

The United States and other Western nations demanded the abolishing of South Africa’s Draconian security laws, which allowed for detention without trial.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane