incarceration

Example Sentences

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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

In Kennedy’s view, people could either go to these camps voluntarily or be coerced through the threat of incarceration if they do not comply.

From Salon

“Prison was hard for me,” he said, speaking of his incarceration in past tense.

From Los Angeles Times

"We now have the highest incarceration rate in western Europe and with that comes consequences, not least the fact that prison is pretty expensive."

From BBC

It argued that while "Scotland imprisons more of its people than many other places in Europe," high levels of incarceration had done little to tackle "real problems with violence, alcohol and drugs".

From BBC