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incarcerate

[in-kahr-suh-reyt, in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-reyt] / ɪnˈkɑr səˌreɪt, ɪnˈkɑr sər ɪt, -səˌreɪt /


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Arleo, the federal judge in Newark, N.J., said she had no power to review or oversee the bankruptcy process or incarcerate individuals unless they are charged.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

States that build more prisons incarcerate more people.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2024

We can’t arrest, incarcerate and punish our way out of this complex problem.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2024

“But look at the past 50 years and you see we cannot incarcerate our way to a solution.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

“I see they spared no expense to incarcerate us,” I say.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The West Virginia corrections department incarcerates about 10,000 people on a typical day, while the federal system houses more than 150,000.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2025

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2024

It isn’t clear why she was serving her sentence at Hiland, which typically incarcerates state prisoners.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2023

The jail historically incarcerates almost exclusively Black and Brown people and is currently more than 90 percent people of color, she said.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2023

The frost that imprisons the alligator in the Mississippi as effectually cuts it off from food and action as the drought which incarcerates the crocodile in the sun-burnt clay of a Ceylon tank.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

A decision has not yet been issued, meaning Combs will remain incarcerated while the appeal moves forward.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Morrison, who grew up in eastern Montana with a nurse mother and incarcerated father, was a founding member of Bozeman Tenants United, the union chapter that has since helped the mobile home parks strike.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Justice Department plans to seek the extradition of Bishnoi, who has been incarcerated in India for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and remains incarcerated at a minimum-security prison in New Jersey.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Approximately 75 to 80 percent of incarcerated women are mothers with minor children.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

It has fewer prisons thanks to a dramatic decline in the number of people the state is incarcerating.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2026

All litigation is frozen, including cases where the DOJ was investigating and litigating jurisdictions for incarcerating people in inhumane conditions, and the department is throwing out some preexisting consent decrees.

From Slate Jul. 5, 2025

However, research both globally and in Australia has shown that incarcerating children makes them more likely to reoffend and often has dire impacts on their health, education, and employment.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2024

“Is there a willingness to concede that incarcerating someone with dementia,” she asks, “is, maybe, questionable?”

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2023

The collateral consequences of incarcerating women are significant.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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