incarceration

Example Sentences

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A new crisis, however, quickly put an end to exchanges, precipitating the mass incarceration of prisoners that marked the last two years of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The regime released him from the notorious Helicoide prison in Caracas on Sunday after eight months of incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Don Lemon detailed the moments surrounding his incarceration and his experience as a journalist becoming the center of a news story.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Scotland - which along with other parts of Britain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe - has announced several emergency measures in recent years in a bid to cut its prison population.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Ultimately, I believe that the similarities between these systems of control overwhelm the differences and that mass incarceration, like its predecessors, has been largely immunized from legal challenge.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander