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e-carceration

e-carceration noun: the use of technology and surveillance as a way to deprive people of individual liberty.

Noun

e-carceration (uncountable)

  1. The use of technology and surveillance as a way to deprive people of individual liberty.
    • Part of the problem surrounding e-carceration is that most people don't know what the heck it refers to. Ankle monitors and house arrest are the most obvious examples, but they don't encompass everything.2021 March 30, Vanessa Taylor, “E-carceration brings the oppression of the prison system into your own home”, in Mic, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023
    • These surveillance tools were being assembled even before President Trump took office, with the Biden administration establishing data broker contracts, developing e-carceration tools, and using artificial intelligence, even though this violated the administration’s own federal policies on the...2025 April 30, Don Bell, “Mass Deportations Will Rely on Authoritarian Surveillance”, in Project on Government Oversight, archived from the original on 23 May 2026

Origin of e-carceration

Blend of e- (“electronic”) + incarceration.

Questions about e-carceration

What does e-carceration mean?
E-carceration means the use of technology and surveillance as a way to deprive people of individual liberty.
What part of speech is e-carceration?
E-carceration is a noun.

Words near e-carceration in the dictionary

  1. e-busses
  2. e-campaign
  3. e-campaigning
  4. e-campaigns
  5. e-car
  6. e-carceration
  7. e-card
  8. e-cards
  9. e-cargo bike
  10. e-cargo bikes
  11. e-cars

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