high impact incarceration
n.— «The New York City Correction Commissioner said yesterday that a “high impact incarceration plan”—similar in some ways to the state’s boot-camp program for prisoners—would begin at Rikers Island in September.» —“Boot-Camp Jail To Begin in Fall At Rikers Island” by James Barron New York Times Aug. 2, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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