decarcerate

English

Etymology

Modeled on incarcerate, replacing the prefix with de-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/

Verb

decarcerate (third-person singular simple present decarcerates, present participle decarcerating, simple past and past participle decarcerated)

1. To implement a policy of decarceration; to reduce prison populations.
   • 2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• decarceration
• incarcerate