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From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō.
incarceration (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 incarcerations)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/14 03:12 UTC 版)
Incarceration is the detention of a person in jail, typically as punishment for a crime. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of justice. Incarceration serves four essential purposes with regard to criminals: