Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Incarceration

The state of being imprisoned or confined.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The state of being imprisoned or confined.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Imprisonment
  • Imprisonments
  • Incarcerations
  • Solitary Confinement of Prisoners
  • Prisoners Solitary Confinement
  • Prisoners Solitary Confinements

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2024

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Previous Indexing

  • Prisoners (1963-2023)

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  1. I01w.880w.604.501w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.433w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Incarceration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097787. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097787
  2. Incarceration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration
  3. Incarceration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853735