decarceral

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adjective

Relating to decarceration, the policy of decreasing the amount of people incarcerated.

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Meanings

adjectivedecarceral (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to decarceration, the policy of decreasing the amount of people incarcerated.

    During an ongoing pandemic conjoined with an intensifying operational crisis inside U.S. prisons, mass clemency should be the first step of many toward a decarceral agenda that could still––if he’s bold enough to seize the opportunity––define Biden’s presidency.

    2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate
Cite this entry
APA

decarceral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decarceral

MLA

“decarceral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decarceral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decarceral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decarceral.

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