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• n  the state of being imprisoned
  his ignominious incarceration in the local jail

• How do you make the case that a decorated war hero, a former Navy aviator who was shot down behind enemy lines and suffered more than five years' incarceration as a prisoner of war .
• How will authorities determine which inmates will be forced to foot the bill for their incarceration? It's on a sliding scale.
• Discipline and Punish analyzes the institution of incarceration as it burgeoned in 19th century Europe and America.

• captivity
• imprisonment
• immurement

News & Articles

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• If you're ever incarcerated and don't know how to talk to your children about it, Sesame Street can help
  Sesame Street recently rolled out a tool kit designed to help children between the ages of 3-8 cope with the stress of having a parent incarcerated. The tool kit, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration , offers tips and advice for parents to discuss their incarceration with their children as well as for the caregivers and children of incarcerated parents.
  June 13, 2013 - Mountain Home News
• 'Sesame Street' teaches kids about incarceration
  'Sesame Street' is tackling tough topics these days, like divorce and incarceration.
  June 12, 2013 - WKYC Cleveland
• Sesame Street Explains "Incarceration," Not Why U.S. Imprisons So Many
  A gloomy woodwind arrangement proceeds the gentle explanation (helpfully paid for by a defense contractor ) of what it means to have a parent incarcerated in the United States today, which seems apt given that since 2002 our country has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. [ more › ]
  June 11, 2013 - Gothamist

Quotes

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• President Bush in Washington Post
  With the denial of bail being upheld and incarceration imminent,Bush said, "I believe it is now important to react to that decision."
• Reggie B Walton in Forbes
  The law, Walton said in court documents, "does not appear to contemplate a situation in which a defendant may be placed under supervised release without first completing a term of incarceration."
• Antonin Scalia in FindLaw
  Though Justice Scalia says he is not "minimizing the harsh realities of incarceration," he does precisely that by describing prison life -- a punishment that officially involves a profound and intentional deprivation of liberty and unofficially...