Synonyms for incarceration
in·car·cer·a·tion

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1. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurementnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   internment, captivity, immurement, imprisonment, enslavement

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1. • Confinement

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1. glomnoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

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1. incarcerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   IMPRISONMENT, confinement, commitment

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1. List of paraphrases for "incarceration":

   imprisonment, detention, prison, incarcerated, confinement, committal, internment, jailing, jail

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1. Dick Durbin:

   Given the stark racial disparities in our criminal justice system, this would cause the most harm to Black and brown families and communities already harmed by mass incarceration, children should not be forced to go hungry because a parent is incarcerated.

2. Alicka Ampry-Samuel:

   We as a body, for a plan of this magnitude, addressing a system of racism and mass-incarceration -- this process has been inappropriately rushed.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   **(C)(P) FROM MY BOOK-BOWEL SOUNDS AMERICA. WHY ARE THE KILLERS OF YOUR PEOPLE WALKING FREE? MASS INCARCERATION DOMINATES THE POOR IN PRISONS. NO REAL PROTECTION FOR YOU AND ME AND YOUR DEMOCRACY.INSURRECTIONS ABOUND WHILE DEMOCRACY UNDERMINE, MANY HOPING IT WILL DISAPPEAR IN JUST A MATTER OF TIME. WAKE UP AMERICA!

4. Hillary Clinton on Wednesday:

   Without the mass incarceration that we currently practice, millions fewer people would be living in poverty, it's time to end the era of mass incarceration.

5. Dunni Oduyemi:

   The private prison model is hinged on maximizing incarceration to generate profit -- they're incentivized by convicting, sentencing, and keeping people in prison for longer and longer times, we don't think about how the privileges and resources students get access to are premised upon violence done to people by virtue of their race, class, or citizenship status.