incarceration
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My subject area is U.S. history—the built environment, public memory, the American South, and more recently the history of mass incarceration.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The Foreign Office says it will keep working to get them safely back to the UK, calling their incarceration appalling and unjustified.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The pair are speaking to the media together, via separate phones, for the first time since their incarceration.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Following Villegas’ arrest on Thursday, Tolchin filed a habeas petition in federal court, challenging his incarceration and demanding his immediate release.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In many respects, the reality of mass incarceration is easier to avoid knowing than the injustices and sufferings associated with slavery or Jim Crow.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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