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society's pause button for people it would rather forget than fix.
means The act of confining someone in a prison, or the state of being so confined, as a penalty or by force.
from From Old French 'emprisonnement,' built on 'prison' — which traces back to Latin 'prensio,' a worn-down form of 'prehensio,' meaning a 'seizing' or 'taking hold of' (from 'prehendere,' to grasp). So at its root, imprisonment is simply the state of having been grabbed and not let go — the law's hand closing around a person.
oldest punishmentAncient debtors were jailed until relatives paid up
american outlierUS holds about 20 percent of world's prisoners
solitary effectDays alone can permanently rewire the brain
reform ironyPenitentiaries were invented to inspire penitence, not vengeance
cost realitySome cells cost more yearly than Ivy League tuition