incarceration
Example Sentences
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Tura-Ugli says he watches TV news reports on the progress of the peace negotiations and isn’t optimistic the talks will result in an end either to the war or his incarceration.
Three weeks after his incarceration, he was allowed out following a plea from his lawyers.
From BBC
He said that Díaz had only been allowed one visit from his daughter during the entire length of his incarceration.
From BBC
In response to mass incarceration and overcrowding in the 1990s and early 2000s, the corrections department threw beds into spaces never intended for housing.
From Los Angeles Times
His incarceration means he has been oblivious to the way so many aspects of everyday life have changed - almost like someone who has been asleep since the 1980s.
From BBC
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