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单词 decarceration
释义

decarceration

noun

de·​car·​cer·​a·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌkär-sə-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce decarceration (audio)
: release from imprisonment
Early data show that crime has remained level in most cities that have released incarcerated people, and that crime rates are functionally unrelated to decarceration. Cynthia Roseberry
There is much talk of defunding the police but little of decarceration—freeing from prisons people who are locked into place because they don't have the financial wherewithal to afford the gentler and more understanding criminal justice system. Erik Sherman
also : the practice or policy of reducing the number of people subject to imprisonment
Decarceration is the effort to limit the number of people who are detained behind bars, either by limiting who is sent to prison in the first place or by creating avenues to release people already in custody. Martha Paynter et al.
decarceration efforts/strategies/policies
the decarceration movement

Word History

Etymology

de- + (in)carceration

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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