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Incarceration vs Reincarceration - What's the difference?

incarceration | reincarceration |

As nouns the difference between incarceration and reincarceration

is that incarceration is incarceration, imprisonment while reincarceration is a second or subsequent incarceration.

incarceration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
  • Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
  • A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

    • Related terms

    * incarcerate

    reincarceration

    English

    Noun

  • A second or subsequent incarceration.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 29, author=Adam Liptak, title=U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The Pew report recommended diverting nonviolent offenders away from prison and using punishments short of reincarceration for minor or technical violations of probation or parole. }}

    Related terms

    * reincarcerate