institutionalization

Example Sentences

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It is, in essence, an institutionalization of the heckler’s veto, in which a single parent — or any individual, really — can remove hundreds of books or shut down lessons on the basis of the political discomfort they feel.

From Seattle Times

Volkova, who has a disability herself, opposes the institutionalization and segregation of people with disabilities.

From Washington Post

To get away from institutionalization, the state moved gravely ill people out of hospitals.

From Seattle Times

And as far as the unelastic Raymond can stretch, he does, as he moves from lifelong institutionalization to a week of freedom on the road.

From Los Angeles Times

The review comes just three months after a Justice Department investigation that found Nevada was failing its children with behavioral disabilities by relying too heavily on institutionalization.

From Seattle Times