incarceration
/in,kɑ:sə'reiʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment: The act of putting or the condition of being kept in a jail or prison.
- A state of forcible confinement or restriction: Can describe a broader sense of being trapped or confined, not always literally in a prison.
Usage
- As a subject or object: The word "incarceration" is used to name the state or condition itself.
- The judge ordered his incarceration.
- Her long incarceration affected her deeply.
- With prepositions: Commonly used with prepositions like "in," "during," "after," and "of."
- He spent ten years in incarceration.
- The rate of incarceration is high.
Examples
- General Use:
- The new policy aims to reduce the rate of incarceration for non-violent offenses.
- After his release from incarceration, he struggled to find a job.
- Formal/Technical Use:
- The study examined the psychological effects of long-term incarceration.
- Mass incarceration has become a critical social issue.
Advanced Usage
- "Carceral" (adj): Relating to or resembling a prison.
- The carceral system includes prisons, jails, and detention centers.
- "Incarcerative" (adj): Having the quality of incarcerating or leading to imprisonment.
- The law's incarcerative approach was heavily criticized.
Variants and Related Words
- Incarcerate (verb): To put in prison.
- The authorities will incarcerate the convicted criminals.
- Incarcerated (adj): Imprisoned.
- He wrote a book about his experiences as an incarcerated person.
Synonyms
- Imprisonment: The state of being imprisoned.
- Confinement: The state of being confined; can be broader than just prison.
- Detention: The act of detaining or holding in custody.
- Captivity: The condition of being imprisoned or confined.
Antonyms
- Freedom: The power or right to act, speak, or think without hindrance.
- Liberty: The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions.
- Release: The action or process of setting someone free.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "School-to-prison pipeline": A concept describing how policies push students, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, out of school and into the criminal justice system and incarceration.
- "Prison industrial complex": A term for the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and incarceration as solutions to social, economic, and political problems.
Noun
- the state of being imprisoned
- he was held in captivity until he died
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon