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
Scotland - which along with other parts of Britain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe - has approved several emergency measures in recent years in a bid to cut prisoner numbers.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Roy, 34, has promised to place a heavy emphasis on the legal process known as diversion, which allows defendants to avoid incarceration and instead obtain court-supervised social services, such as anger management or addiction counseling.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
As early as 1682, William Penn’s colonial government experimented with incarceration as an alternative to corporal and capital punishment.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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