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decarceral

decarceral adjective: relating to decarceration, the policy of decreasing the amount of people incarcerated.

Adjective

decarceral (not comparable)

  1. Relating 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

Questions about decarceral

What does decarceral mean?
Decarceral means relating to decarceration, the policy of decreasing the amount of people incarcerated.
What part of speech is decarceral?
Decarceral is an adjective.

Words near decarceral in the dictionary

  1. decarburizations
  2. decarburize
  3. decarburized
  4. decarburizes
  5. decarburizing
  6. decarceral
  7. decarcerate
  8. decarcerated
  9. decarcerates
  10. decarcerating
  11. decarceration

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