incarceration
Example Sentences
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Don Lemon detailed the moments surrounding his incarceration and his experience as a journalist becoming the center of a news story.
From Los Angeles Times
CoreCivic doesn’t lobby for or against policies or legislation affecting incarceration durations and offers the greatest value to the government for detaining immigrants, said Senior Director of Public Affairs Ryan Gustin.
Kristie Puckett, a lobbyist who pushes against mass incarceration and the barriers for reentry into society, said that private prisons have “long found success hiding information” about their treatment of people detained in their facilities.
From Salon
When it comes to the people who are actually running the prisons, how would you describe the process in which they became either completely okay or even gleeful about their role in mass incarceration.
From Salon
The idea was to free up police officers and provide alternatives to incarceration and hospital emergency rooms for people in a mental health crisis.
From Los Angeles Times
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