Meaning & use
carceral
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Relating to prison or imprisonment.
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Sociologists study how carceral systems affect communities long after release.
The documentary examined the growth of the carceral state since the 1980s.
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A formal, academic term used mainly in sociology, criminology, and policy writing rather than everyday conversation.
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