incarceration

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In Compton, the approach is taking a different shape, one formed by Mr. Wash’s own experience of incarceration and reentry.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Adapted from European models, it’s a vision of incarceration that is meant to deal with the reality that 95% of people who go to prison are eventually released.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Scotland - which along with other parts of Britain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe - has announced several emergency measures in recent years in a bid to cut its prison population.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Nowhere is that observation more relevant in American society today than in an analysis of the culture of mass incarceration.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander