Example Sentences

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"If you're going to ban smacking effectively, are we going to band grounding children because you're taking away the freedom? You're incarcerating children."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Of course, the DOJ could further ease understaffing by incarcerating fewer people.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2025

The cost of incarcerating an unhoused person is approximately $106,000 per year — and that does not account for policing and court administration expenses.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

“Is there a willingness to concede that incarcerating someone with dementia,” she asks, “is, maybe, questionable?”

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

The collateral consequences of incarcerating women are significant.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson