incarceration

incarcerate | American Dictionary

incarcerate
verb[ T ]
us/ɪnˈkɑr·səˌreɪt/
to put or keep someone in prison:
The governor announced his plan to incarcerate repeat offenders.

incarceration

noun[ U ]us/ɪnˌkɑr·səˈreɪ·ʃən/
We’re spending billions of dollars each year on incarceration.

Examples of incarcerate

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All subjects were incarcerated for violent offences, but had extensive criminal histories for acquisitive offences.
However, more were incarcerated for 'other' offences such as fraud.
Several were incarcerated for drug offences, but in their words, were neither regular users nor drug dependent.
The majority of prisoners are incarcerated for less than 12 months after which they re-enter the community.
During this time period 213 persons were incarcerated in the two prisons, 174 of which participated in the study (response rate 82 %).
State and federal governments revised their criminal codes, effectively abolishing parole, imposing mandatory minimum sentences, and allowing juveniles to be incarcerated in adult prisons.
Most importantly, personal sources reveal the particular experiences of healthy people incarcerated in the quarantine system.
The quarantine system did not provide what was needed for individuals incarcerated on isolated outposts after a long voyage, particularly for those who were healthy.
Her narratives consequently revolve in a kind of dark circle, where the allure of emancipation remains ironically incarcerated within a structural double bind of blasphemy and apostasy.
The last two decades have witnessed an epidemic of incarceration - in 2002, more than two million inmates were incarcerated in adult correctional facilities, a 71% increase since 1990 [13].
If they really are totally indifferent to the rights of others, there may be grounds for incarcerating them permanently, not as punishment, but merely for protection.
She was incarcerated by her husband in order to force her to give him her fortune, and after he had attempted to sell her chastity to a friend.
My father was incarcerated by the communist regime.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
People are incarcerated solely for having been convicted of criminal activity.
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