decarcerate
verbUK /diːˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/ · US /diːˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/
Etymology Modeled on incarcerate, replacing the prefix with de-.
1
To implement a policy of decarceration; to reduce prison populations.
- Refusing to decarcerate and now increasing spending on policing that will drive the shuttling of even more Americans into jails and prisons is especially perverse given the recent attention paid to the worsening conditions of confinement and the mistreatment of the incarcerated.2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate:
- Related terms
- decarceration, incarcerate