incarcerate

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States that build more prisons incarcerate more people.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

We can’t arrest, incarcerate and punish our way out of this complex problem.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

“But look at the past 50 years and you see we cannot incarcerate our way to a solution.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“We’re way beyond thinking that we can just incarcerate more people,” said Patrice Sulton, executive director of the D.C.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

“I see they spared no expense to incarcerate us,” I say.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed