as in to imprison
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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Liu notes that these interventions would be especially critical for LGBTQ+ people, who are incarcerated at three times the rate of the general population.
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Colleen Hamilton, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article After a five-year legal battle, the U.S. District Court recently ruled that transgender people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons are entitled to gender-affirming health care.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Ian Shelton started Regional Justice Center in 2016, shortly after Max was incarcerated, as a way to process his worries for his brother, the prison industrial complex, and its institutional degradation.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2024
In 2007, Mary was convicted of stealing a baby and was incarcerated; in 2011, she was convicted of stealing another child.
—Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Colleen Hamilton, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article After a five-year legal battle, the U.S. District Court recently ruled that transgender people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons are entitled to gender-affirming health care.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Ian Shelton started Regional Justice Center in 2016, shortly after Max was incarcerated, as a way to process his worries for his brother, the prison industrial complex, and its institutional degradation.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2024
In 2007, Mary was convicted of stealing a baby and was incarcerated; in 2011, she was convicted of stealing another child.
—Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Incarcerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incarcerate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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