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incarceration
[ in-kahr-suh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure:
The rate of incarceration has increased dramatically.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incarceration1
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A more recent example was the Trump administration and the GOP supporting prison reform to reduce federal spending on inmates, aligning with advocates against mass incarceration.
The Venezuelans were dispatched to the infamous Center for Terrorism Confinement, the centerpiece of Bukele’s mass incarceration agenda.
"It's a system of mass incarceration without access to justice," added Goebertus, who filed a declaration in federal court Wednesday challenging the U.S. transfer of immigrants to the country.
Timba is still recovering from a five-month stint in jail, spending most of his incarceration sitting on a concrete floor, sharing a cell and toilet with 80 people.
The proposal is certain to draw opposition from some of the same factions that opposed Mahan’s embrace of interim housing, as well as homeless advocates who reject using incarceration as a tool to solve homelessness.
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