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incarceration

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noun

the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.

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When left untreated, these diseases often lead to behaviors that result in incarceration.

If the problem with marijuana stopped at the incarceration of street.

And raising the incarceration rate means locking up people who are, on average, less dangerous than the ones already behind bars.

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When left untreated, these diseases often lead to behaviors that result in incarceration.

If the problem with marijuana stopped at the incarceration of street.

And raising the incarceration rate means locking up people who are, on average, less dangerous than the ones already behind bars.

In a sense, they nursed the church through its long incarceration.

The world may be getting wired, but prison officials say logging on is incompatible with incarceration.

Indeed, education spending may reduce the need for incarceration.

Their incarceration rate is seven times the national average.

The penalty for sale and profit is a revolving court system and incarceration for minimal time, eg.

Incarceration is the right solution for some people because it will be a deterrent.

California should get to work overhauling its misguided incarceration policies.

Their incarceration adds costs far greater than the alleged savings in the court system.

Reduce incarceration costs and overcrowding in prisons.

The plaintiffs were asking either to be allowed out on parole or to have the conditions of their incarceration changed.

The effects of incarceration are similar for men and women.

The incarceration rate for black men is eight times that for whites.

The reason for the savings is that inmates in shock incarceration serve shorter sentences, freeing beds for other convicts.

Fourteen wives and mothers of the prisoners braved the secret police to march for clemency and commemorate their incarceration.

It was his second arrest and incarceration within a month, both times on trumped-up charges of corruption.

With weak evidence against the three, the men might have been acquitted and then sued the state for wrongful incarceration.

We've become a country of scarlet letter-wearers and an outrageously high rate of incarceration.

The incarceration rate in our country should already tell us that laws need to be fixed.

While it is welcoming news that incarceration rates for juvenile offenders have declined, more reforms are needed.

Incarceration certainly stops crime in its tracks, but increasingly it bankrupts states and counties.

Many of us simply weigh the costs versus the benefits of incarceration then weigh the costs versus the benefits of execution.

According to reports, during their incarceration they were severely beaten and subjected to electric shocks.

His incarceration in the prison was the signal for speculators to study how his money could be transferred to their pockets.

Incarceration of all psychic pioneers is not the answer.

First, the high rate of incarceration and attendant flood of former offenders into neighborhoods have become major impediments.

In fact, as the nation's incarceration rate has quadrupled over.

Makes sense, of course, in a country with a high incarceration rate.

There are, however, ways to end this cycle of incarceration.

It's a simple equation: communities with high incarceration rates have fewer votes to cast.

Incarceration is usually the step after several community service orders.

Trantino's continued incarceration was justified because he had not accepted responsibility for the murders.

Harsh crack laws account only for a smidgeon of the disparity in incarceration rates.

The preponderance of research shows no connection between incarceration rates and crime rates.

They have the highest teenage pregnancy rate, and the highest rate of incarceration.

On top of the budget-busting prosecution and incarceration costs, billions in taxes were lost.

The other goal is to make prisoners pay for the expenses of their incarceration if they have the means to do it''.

Unfortunately there does appear to be a correlation between rising incarceration rates and lower crime.

Roper favors more alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent felons and relaxing mandatory sentences for drug crimes.

It is well known that capital punishment is more expensive than incarceration.

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World English Dictionary

incarcerate (ɪnˈkɑːsəˌreɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to confine or imprison

[C16: from Medieval Latin incarcerāre, from Latin in-² + carcer prison]

incarcer'ation

—n

in'carcerator

—n

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incarceration

1536, from O.Fr. incarceration, from M.L. incarcerationem (nom. incarceratio), from incarceratus, pp. of incarcerare "imprison," from in- "in" + carcer "prison, an enclosed space," of uncertain origin. The verb incarcerate is first attested 1560.

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