decarcerationn.
/diːˌkɑːsəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /diˌkɑrsəˈreɪʃən/ Originally: the release of a person from prison. Now usually: the fact or practice of releasing, or not imprisoning, certain categories of (usually minor) offenders, often as part of a wider initiative to reduce the prison population.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement
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decarceration1963
1963 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 67 293 Protracted litigation [in the early 1700s]..inflicted a fine and a week's imprisonment on Colbatch... Yet upon decarceration Colbatch began to agitate..for one last combined attack.
1972 Public Interest Winter 17 If we..rely upon such basic standards as human decency and economic costs, we will be in a better position to consider the merits of innovation and decarceration.
2002 M. Chesney-Lind in M. Mauer & M. Chesney-Lind Invisible Punishment ii. v. 94 The decarceration of women can begin the much-needed national conversation of how to develop criminal justice policies that heal and treat rather than solely punish.
2017 Reason May 68/2 Because he is an academic instead of a politician, he has the freedom to ask uncomfortable questions, such as: Is a rise in crime an acceptable trade-off for decarceration?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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