Imprisonment or incarceration is the holding of people in prison or a place against their will by a sentence. Historically, this meant that the people were put in a prison cell, or in a pillory or in stocks. The pillory or the stocks were also a form of public humiliation. In modern times, there are also other forms, like placing someone under house arrest or using electronic tagging.
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