Imprisonment

Legal penalty involving confinement in jail or prison.

incarceration confinement detention

Imprisonment is the state of being confined in a jail or prison. It is a legal penalty imposed by a court.

/ɪmˈprɪznmənt/

From Old French 'emprisonner', meaning 'to imprison'.

detention incarceration confinement

freedom liberty

punishment legal penalty

jail time prison sentence

cell bars walls

criminal justice system

crime legal concept