Imprisonment/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Imprisonment.

Imprisonment is a state wherein substantial loss of liberty has occurred, such as that experienced while literally serving time in a jail, or figuratively such as when one is functionally imprisoned due to a paucity of options to take take desired actions.