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Question by  LeftyLucy (31)

What does it mean to be incarcerated?

 
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Answer by  traumatised (3285)

To be incarcerated means you are detained in jail or prison for a period of time. Incarceration usually occurs after you have been convicted of a crime, and does not refer to political prisoners or people who are held in jail without charges.

 
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Answer by  Dana46 (2345)

From the Latin word for prison, carcere, it means to be detained in jail or prison for some period of time. It may not be a sentence, being placed in a cell for processing would be incarcerated.

 
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