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His wife, Maryam Samadi, told BBC Persian he was put in solitary confinement for 10 months, before being moved to Tehran's Evin prison, where Iran has incarcerated other dual nationals.

From Reuters • Jan. 14, 2023

It has incarcerated the most people for at least 30-odd years, and it either led the world in its incarceration rate or trailed closely behind the Soviet Union and South Africa for the preceding decades.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2018

"For too long America has incarcerated too many people unnecessarily, spending too much money without improving public safety," Stasch said.

From Reuters • Feb. 11, 2015

A king’s son releases a wild man, whom his father has incarcerated, in order to get back an arrow that the man has taken from him.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

He is in the Rue St. Martin; in the same prison is Madame de Fontenay, the friend of Tallien, whom Robespierre has incarcerated.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various