incarceration
Example Sentences
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His duties include running a program that offers treatment to qualified individuals as an alternative to incarceration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
They are patched through to them from payphones in Evin prison via the Foreign Office, which has described their incarceration as "appalling" and "unjustifiable".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“The trial and the actual incarceration was less than two years out of an 83-year life. I considered it a vacation, to tell you the truth.”
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
He added that he and his wife, Kat Taylor, have spent the past two decades pushing for rehabilitative justice — treatment instead of mass incarceration except for violent felons.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Average cost of juvenile incarceration for one twelve-month stay: $146,302.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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