If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.
例句
They were incarcerated for the duration of the war...战争期间,他们被关在狱中。It can cost $40,000 to $50,000 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.监禁一名囚犯一年要花费 4 万到 5 万美元。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the state of being imprisoned;
"he was held in captivity until he died""the imprisonment of captured soldiers""his ignominious incarceration in the local jail""he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"