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as in captivity
the act of confining or the state of being confined
he was bored and frustrated by his incarceration in the quarantine
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as in imprisonment
the state of being held in lawful custody
sentenced to six months of incarceration for dealing in narcotics
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Recent Examples of incarceration
Creating the Handgun Intervention Program, which diverts first-time juvenile gun offenders from incarceration, and the Restorative Justice Program to lower recidivism rates.
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Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Fans discovered the information based on a search of his incarceration information, which stated July as his release date.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Amid his parents' incarceration, Chase also announced his separation from ex-fiancée Emily Medders in July 2023 — less than a year after their October 2022 engagement.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
His research is focused on the effects of incarceration and looking at ways to preserve the dignity of those who, like himself, have been impacted by the criminal justice system.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Fans discovered the information based on a search of his incarceration information, which stated July as his release date.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Amid his parents' incarceration, Chase also announced his separation from ex-fiancée Emily Medders in July 2023 — less than a year after their October 2022 engagement.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
His research is focused on the effects of incarceration and looking at ways to preserve the dignity of those who, like himself, have been impacted by the criminal justice system.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The deal, expected to be implemented Sunday, would bring relief to nearly two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and allow for the return of dozens of hostages to Israel held in captivity since Hamas’s initial attack on Oct. 7, 2023.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang has elicited condemnation from the U.S. and a number of its allies, which accuse the People's Republic of indiscriminately detaining Uyghurs in mass internment camps.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film also recounts how his father paved the way in making films about the Japanese internment camp experience.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, waves of migration over generations would reshape South Florida and U.S. immigration detention policies, with a brain drain also flowing into New York, Canada, and most recently, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Between October 2023 and September 2024, ICE officers had a daily average arrest rate of 310 and a detention rate of 409.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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His conviction was for a non-violent offense, but he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Biden also commuted sentences for 37 of 40 convicts on death row in federal prisons, which was largely a policy statement against capital punishment.—
Ron Faucheux,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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Some of those actions don’t fall under the CRA, including Biden’s sweeping order to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans released from prison and placed on home confinement during the pandemic.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Incarceration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarceration. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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