The phrase "a long imprisonment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an extended period of being confined in prison, often in discussions about justice, punishment, or personal experiences.
Example: "After a long imprisonment, he was finally released and could start rebuilding his life."
Alternatives: "an extended incarceration" or "a lengthy confinement".
Ismail, the eldest of the three, never expected such a long imprisonment.
Dr. Darwish described a long imprisonment that included torture, an experience echoed by several physicians interviewed for this article.
He voluntarily returned to France to stand trial on charges of treason and was convicted and beheaded after a long imprisonment.
Warm and slight, not unpleasant, it seemed to be seeping from within the bones, as though cleaning them had released it from a long imprisonment.
In 2009, after a long imprisonment, Jorge Luis García Pérez, who is known as Antúnez, began a hunger strike in his home to call for an end to abuses against political prisoners.
According to Stafford Smith: "The sole reason for the US to send Shaker to Saudi Arabia is to have him silenced, most likely by sentencing him to a long imprisonment after a sham trial".
After continuing to refuse to regard himself as a soldier, his long imprisonment as an absolutist conscientious objector (CO) began - it was 1916.
Hywel Foel ap Griffri wrote a famous poem describing Owain's long imprisonment in a round tower; historians believe that this refers to the keep at Dolbardarn.
Any German who dare say a true word about the Terror in his own country runs the risk of a fearful beating, or long imprisonment or even death, and no one can reasonably be expected to run such a risk.
There was little financial motive for a non-Russian publisher to publish a book in Russian, and huge disincentives for Russian publishers, who faced long imprisonment in a very cold place or worse.
Supporters of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer must respect his decision not to start court proceedings against the UK Government over his long imprisonment, says a Tory MP who campaigned for his freedom.
