incarcerate

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It has fewer prisons thanks to a dramatic decline in the number of people the state is incarcerating.

From Los Angeles Times

California’s elderly parole program generally considers the release of prisoners who are older than 50 and have been incarcerated for at least 20 continuous years, considering whether someone poses an unreasonable risk to public safety.

From Los Angeles Times

Numerous testimonies, as well as reporting by the Baltimore newspaper the Afro-American, detail the terrible conditions in which these children were incarcerated and made to work in fields.

From Barron's

It became state law in 2018, offering parole suitability hearings to incarcerated people who were 60 or older and had served at least 25 years.

From Los Angeles Times

But, as Chance Andes, the warden of San Quentin, pointed out last week, “Humanity is safety,” and treating incarcerated people like, well, people, actually makes them want to behave better.

From Los Angeles Times