👉 Incarcerating is a legal procedure in which someone who has been convicted of a crime, whether it was committed during their lifetime or after they were released from prison, is put into a facility where they are kept under strict supervision and monitoring. This can include living in a prison, jail, or other type of detention center. Incarceration involves the confinement of an individual who has been convicted of a crime for a period of time (usually several years) to prevent them from being released