decarceration
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modeled on incarceration, replacing the prefix with de-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]decarceration (countable and uncountable, plural decarcerations)
- A policy of reducing the amount of imprisoned people in a given population.
- 2020 August 21, Jiménez, M. C. et al., “Epidemiology of COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals and staff in Massachusetts jails and prisons”, in JAMA, :
- Whereas rates of COVID-19 vary nationwide, our results add to a growing body of literature emphasizing high COVID-19 rates in carceral settings and the importance of testing and decarceration.