as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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To understand the sheer scale of profit being made from incarcerating immigrants, look no further than the major players’ recent earnings reports.
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Laura Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
He was later convicted in the 2001 stomping death of fellow inmate, Luther Plant, while he was incarcerated in a Texas prison.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Upon his release from prison, Marte connected with Defy Ventures, a nonprofit program offering entrepreneurship training and business mentoring to the formerly incarcerated.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,eric Clark, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
Execution rehearsals have also increased at the prison, where almost all federal death row inmates are incarcerated, in the lead-up to Trump’s inauguration, according to the same sources.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Laura Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
He was later convicted in the 2001 stomping death of fellow inmate, Luther Plant, while he was incarcerated in a Texas prison.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Upon his release from prison, Marte connected with Defy Ventures, a nonprofit program offering entrepreneurship training and business mentoring to the formerly incarcerated.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,eric Clark, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
Execution rehearsals have also increased at the prison, where almost all federal death row inmates are incarcerated, in the lead-up to Trump’s inauguration, according to the same sources.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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