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incarcerate

[in-kahr-suh-rayt, in-kahr-ser-it, -suh-rayt] / 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

President Bukele made the offer to incarcerate deportees and prisoners from the US at the Cecot during a recent visit to the Central American nation by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

“We’re not going to turn our backs. We’re not going to use our jails to somehow incarcerate and criminalize people who are on the street.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

States that build more prisons incarcerate more people.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024

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

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

The U.S. incarcerates so many in its 1,700 prisons that it held the dubious distinction of being the world leader in incarceration for 30 years.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024

The researchers found a prison system hostile to the needs of the people it incarcerates.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

No, the first thing Blakinger learned was the lasting harm America’s criminal justice system does to those it incarcerates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

He has a number of Indian policemen to assist him in preserving order, and a gaol in Metlakahtla, in which he incarcerates malefactors.

From Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission by Eugene Stock

The great Barry Corbin, of “Northern Exposure” and “The Closer,” shows up as a sketchy character Woody’s incarcerated father owes money to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Earlier this year, Kao agreed to meet a ProPublica reporter at the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota, where he is incarcerated.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Walters was incarcerated for a decade when he was suddenly discovered by online creators and reality TV denizens.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

James claimed he was handling the case of Monk’s incarcerated adult child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

I was escorted to a forty-by-forty-foot room where more than two dozen incarcerated men sat sadly while uniformed correctional staff buzzed in and out.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

County has repeatedly come under fire from the board, which oversees correctional facilities statewide, for incarcerating young people in dangerous facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

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

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023

Cost of incarcerating one juvenile for life: $2.5 million.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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