imprisonments (Meaning)

imprisonments

to put in or as if in prison, to confine in prison especially as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment

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to put in or as if in prison, to confine in prison especially as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment

captivities, incarcerations, internments, confinements, impoundments,prisons, bondages,restraints, immurements, servitudes

liberties, freedoms,releases, redemptions, liberations, manumissions,emancipations,independences

The government's policy of mass imprisonments has led to an overcrowded prison system.

The long-term imprisonments of nonviolent drug offenders has been criticized as a waste of resources.

The death penalty is a form of imprisonment that is irreversible and disproportionately applied to people of color.

The use of solitary confinement as a form of imprisonment has been condemned as cruel and unusual punishment.