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incarceration

[in-kahr-suh-ray-shuhn] / ɪnˌkɑr səˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
imprisonment
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“An individual’s medical history, condition upon entering custody, and the totality of circumstances surrounding their incarceration must also be considered.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

And then making it harder to even fight when you are fighting to stay in the United States, or to at least avoid deportation to a country where you might face further incarceration.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Minister Doughty set out how unjustified and appalling we consider Lindsay and Craig's incarceration to be, and the action that the UK Government is taking to try and secure their release," they added.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Humanitarian groups have harshly criticized the transfers, saying they put migrants at risk of incarceration and inhumane treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

No mention was made of the War on Drugs or mass incarceration.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

He himself hadn’t known much about the incarcerations until he was studying at the Harvard Kennedy school in 1988, when President Reagan signed a historic law about reparations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

Another option would be to allow a plea of “not guilty by reason of dementia” or to enact sentencing limits similar to those protecting juveniles from lifelong incarcerations.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023

Street’s picaresque stunts, and occasional incarcerations, do not occur in a vacuum.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

He wasn’t, but his behavior with the hospital staff qualified him for involuntary hospitalization, the first in a series of hospitalizations, incarcerations and bouts of homelessness.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2021

Of course there had been arrests and incarcerations, and the "Intransi- geant" and the "Rappel" were filled with the echoes of the explosion.

From A Little Tour in France by Henry James




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