incarcerations
Terms behind bars
Incarcerations are instances of imprisonment or confinement, typically in jails or prisons.
The word often appears in discussions of criminal justice policy and statistics: Mass incarcerations have strained the prison system.
Each incarceration represents a separate period of confinement: His three incarcerations spanned two decades.
Legal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- confinementState of being restricted
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- convictionFirmly held belief
custody · remand · prosecution · charges · indictment · trial · verdict · parole
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- cellBasic unit of life
warden · guards · inmates · lockup · detention center · facility · compound · block
Profitable mass incarceration system
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- disparitiesUnequal differences in condition
- reformImprove by correcting faults
abolition · racial bias · sentencing guidelines · privatization · quotas · lobbying · statistics · rates
State of being restricted
- isolationComplete separation from others
- separationState of being apart
- lossBeing without something
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
rehabilitation · reentry · visitation · commissary · phone calls · letters · mental health · trauma
Soviet penal colonies
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
- apartheidRacial separation policy
chain gangs · convict leasing · transportation · penal colonies · Alcatraz · Robben Island · Devil's Island · dungeons
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- confinementState of being restricted
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
conviction · custody · remand · prosecution · charges · indictment · trial · verdict · parole · probation
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
cell · warden · guards · inmates · lockup · detention center · facility · compound · block · yard
prison industrial complex
Profitable mass incarceration system
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- disparitiesUnequal differences in condition
reform · abolition · racial bias · sentencing guidelines · privatization · quotas · lobbying · statistics · rates · demographics
confinement
State of being restricted
- isolationComplete separation from others
- separationState of being apart
- lossBeing without something
hardship · rehabilitation · reentry · visitation · commissary · phone calls · letters · mental health · trauma · survival
gulags
Soviet penal colonies
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
apartheid · chain gangs · convict leasing · transportation · penal colonies · Alcatraz · Robben Island · Devil's Island · dungeons · gaols
incarcerationsreleases
Lets go or publishes
liberations · discharges · emancipations · freedoms · pardons
incarcerationsfreedoms
Rights to act unhindered
liberties · emancipations · deliverances · rescues · escapes
- mass incarcerationExcessive imprisonment at scale
- incarceration ratesMeasure of imprisoned population